Definition of paternity

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Paternity (n.) Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child..

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Fatherhood :: Fatherhood (n.) The state of being a father; the character or authority of a father; paternity.
Filiety :: Filiety (n.) The relation of a son to a father; sonship; -- the correlative of paternity.
Compaternity :: Compaternity (n.) The relation of a godfather to a person.
Paternity :: Paternity (n.) Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child..
Fathership :: Fathership (n.) The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity.
Affiliate :: Affiliate (v. t.) To fix the paternity of; -- said of an illegitimate child; as, to affiliate the child to (or on or upon) one man rather than another..
Fitz :: Fitz (n.) A son; -- used in compound names, to indicate paternity, esp. of the illegitimate sons of kings and princes of the blood; as, Fitzroy, the son of the king; Fitzclarence, the son of the duke of Clarence..
Paternity :: Paternity (n.) Origin; authorship.
Paternity :: Paternity (n.) The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity..
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