'Paternity' definitions:
Definition of 'paternity'
From: WordNet
noun
The state of being a father; "tests were conducted to determine paternity"
noun
The kinship relation between an offspring and the father [syn: fatherhood, paternity]
noun
The act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the authorship of the theory is disputed" [syn: authorship, paternity]
Definition of 'Paternity'
From: GCIDE
- Paternity \Pa*ter"ni*ty\, n. [L. paternitas: cf. F. paternit['e]. See Paternal.]
- 1. The relation of a father to his child; fathership; fatherhood; family headship; as, the divine paternity. [1913 Webster]
- The world, while it had scarcity of people, underwent no other dominion than paternity and eldership. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Derivation or descent from a father; male parentage; as, the paternity of a child. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Origin; authorship. [1913 Webster]
- The paternity of these novels was . . . disputed. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'paternity'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- affiliation,
- agnation,
- alliance,
- ancestry,
- blood,
- blood relationship,
- brotherhood,
- brothership,
- cognation,
- common ancestry,
- common descent,
- connection,
- consanguinity,
- cousinhood,
- cousinship,
- descent,
- enation,
- extraction,
- family,
- fatherhood,
- fatherliness,
- filiation,
- fraternity,
- heritage,
- kindred,
- kinship,
- line,
- lineage,
- maternity,
- matrilineage,
- matriliny,
- matrisib,
- matrocliny,
- motherhood,
- parentage,
- paternalness,
- patrilineage,
- patriliny,
- patrisib,
- patrocliny,
- propinquity,
- relation,
- relationship,
- sibship,
- sisterhood,
- sistership,
- stock,
- strain,
- ties of blood