Thesaurus: paternity

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1. n. The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity.
2. n. Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child.
3. n. Origin; authorship.
4. n. the state of being a father
5. n. the kinship relation between an offspring and the father
6. n. the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing
7. 1. The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity. The world, while it had scarcity of people, underwent no other dominion than paternity and eldership. Sir W. Raleigh. 2. Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child. 3. Origin; authorship. The paternity of these novels was . . . disputed. Sir W. Scott.
8. n:100 n. the state of being a father