Antonyms for paternity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : puh-tur-ni-tee

Phonetic Transcription : pəˈtɜr nɪ ti

Definition of paternity

Origin : mid-15c., "condition of being a father," from Old French paternité (12c.), from Late Latin paternitatem (nominative paternitas) "fatherly care, fatherhood," from Latin paternus "of a father," from pater (see father (n.)). Originally in the ecclesiastical sense; literal sense first recorded 1580s. Meaning "paternal origin" is from 1868.

As in origin : noun family, heritage
As in source : noun beginning; point of supply

Example sentences :

One got paternity last year already, and he is not as good a man as I am.
Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings

I won my paternity right, when I was but twenty-eight, just about your age.
Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings

Though all the world forget, your paternity should remember me.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights Entertainment, Second Series » by Rafael Sabatini

Hence they are of one paternity, though not of one maternity.
Extract from : « Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 » by Various

A man can no more create a paternity than he can make a new planet.
Extract from : « Nuts and Nutcrackers » by Charles James Lever

Her family had place and power; her paternity was undisputed; but this Louis––tah!
Extract from : « The Bondwoman » by Marah Ellis Ryan

And has an incontrovertible opinion been formed as to the paternity of this tract?
Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 66, February 1, 1851 » by Various

With these enactments too came evidence of the Kirk's paternity.
Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro

Where paternity is established the father is liable for support (or alimony).
Extract from : « Women's Wild Oats » by C. Gasquoine Hartley

I acknowledge you the author of the idea, and renounce all right to its paternity.
Extract from : « The Queen's Necklace » by Alexandre Dumas pre

Synonyms for paternity

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