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† parenˈtele Obs.
[a. F. parentèle (15th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. parentēla relationship.]
1. Kinship, relationship; kindred.
c1385Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋834 Certes parentele is in two maneres outher goostly or flesshly. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 163 Honestly hym he Prayed..wyth his grete Perentele awhyle hym dysporte. 1541St. Papers Hen. VIII, III. 346 The Juges..inclyned to parcialitie and unlauful favor unto their parentile and affynytie.
2. = parentage 3, 4.
1491Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) i. xl. 54 b/2 They ben comen of grete parentele and lygnage in worldly honour. c1530L. Cox Rhet. (1899) 57 He hath spoken of his parentele and bryngynge vp in youth. a1734North Exam. i. iii. §156 (1740) 223 Not so many..as there were Cities strove for the Parentele of Homer. |