About The Word Patricide
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Patricide
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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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