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Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor.

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  1. n. Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor.
  2. n. The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor.
  3. n. someone who kills his or her parent
  4. n. the murder of your own father or mother
  5. 1. Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor. 2. Etym: [L. parricidium.] The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor.
  6. The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor.
  7. n:100 n. someone who kills his or her parent n. the murder of your own father or mother