Synonyms

1. birth

Sentence Examples

1. There is madame overwhelming me with questions respecting the count she insists upon it that I can tell her his birth, education, and parentage, where he came from, and whither he is going.
2. Her parentage has been called into question and someone is prepared to use it.
3. He had long brown hair tied at his nape and a rugged handsomeness that spoke of a divine parentage.
4. The article recommended by the helpful pensioner gave him a real insight into the Irish parentage and education of the king who was to illuminate Northumbria with his learning and with the scholars he attracted to his kingdom.
5. She soon gives birth to a son, Aethelheard, whose parentage alone places him in danger.
6. While one of these loiterers showed the red skin and wild accouterments of a native of the woods, the other exhibited, through the mask of his rude and nearly savage equipments, the brighter, though sun-burned and long-faced complexion of one who might claim descent from a European parentage.
7. Between all the cursing and proclaiming the improbable parentage of the occupants of the pod, Mei Lee got the general idea.
8. Countless are they who, born of mean parentage, have risen to the highest dignities, pontifical and imperial, and of the truth of this I could give thee instances enough to weary thee.