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parricide |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Parricide \Par"ri*cide\, n. [F., fr L. parricida; pater father + caedere to kill. See {Father}, {Homicide}, and cf {Patricide}.] 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. [L. parricidium.] The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: parricide n 1: someone who kills his or her parent 2: murder of your own parents
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