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Patricide

Patricide Meaning & Definition
Patricide Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Patricide?

[n] murder of your father
[n] a person who murders their father

Synonyms | Synonyms for Patricide:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Patricide: aborticide | fratricide | fungicide | genocide | germicide | herbicide | homicide | infanticide | insecticide | matricide | microbicide | parricide | pesticide | regicide | rodenticide | sororicide | suicide | uxoricide | vermicide

See Also | parricide | parricide

Patricide In Webster's Dictionary

\Pat*ri"cide\, n. [L. pater father + caedere to kill. Cf. {Parricide}.] 1. The murderer of his father. 2. The crime of one who murders his father. Same as {Parricide}.

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