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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  paternity 
  n  :  the  kinship  relation  between  an  offspring  and  the  father 
  [syn:  {fatherhood}] 




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