About The Word Paternity
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Paternity
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What's The Definition Of Paternity?
[n] the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
Synonyms | Synonyms for Paternity: fatherhood Related Terms | Find terms related to Paternity: affiliation | agnation | alliance | ancestry | blood | blood relationship | brotherhood | brothership | cognation | common ancestry | common descent | connection | consanguinity | cousinhood | cousinship | descent | enation | extraction | family | fatherhood | fatherliness | filiation | fraternity | heritage | kindred | kinship | line | lineage | maternity | matrilineage | matriliny | matrisib | matrocliny | motherhood | parentage | paternalness | patrilineage | patriliny | patrisib | patrocliny | propinquity | relation | relationship | sibship | sisterhood | sistership | stock | strain | ties of blood See Also | family relationship | kinship | relationship Paternity In Webster's Dictionary \Pa*ter"ni*ty\, n. [L. paternitas: cf. F.
paternit['e]. See {Paternal}.]
1. The relation of a father to his child; fathership;
fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity.
The world, while it had scarcity of people,
underwent no other dominion than paternity and
eldership. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
2. Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as,
the paternity of a child.
3. Origin; authorship.
The paternity of these novels was . . . disputed.
--Sir W.
Scott.
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