parage
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English parage, from Old French parage, perage, from pair (“equal”) + -age. Doublet of peerage.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
parage (countable and uncountable, plural parages)
- (archaic) Lineage, parentage; rank, especially as high or noble.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter V, in Le Morte Darthur, book VII:
- at souper the knyght sat syr Beumayns afore the damoisel / Fy fy said she syr knyghte ye are vncurtoys to sette a kechyn page afore me hym bysemeth better to stycke a swyne than to sytte afore a damoysel of hyhe parage / thenne the knyght was ashamed atte her wordes / and took hym vp / and sette hym at asyde bord / and sette hym self afore hym / and soo al that nyght they had good chere and mery reste
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- A feudal institution that recognizes equality of rights and status between two rulers, and equality in the portions of an inheritance.
- A woman's marriage portion or dowry.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
parage m (plural parages)
- parage (social rank)
- (plural only) environs, surroundings
Further reading edit
- “parage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French parage; equivalent to pere (“peer”) + -age.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
parage (uncountable)
- One's bloodline or ancestry, especially in terms of relative social status.
- A great or noble bloodline; an ancestry of high social status.
- (rare) Common social status or position; societal equalness.
- (rare) The right to hold land due to one's societal equivalence to other tenants.
- (rare) Esteem, significance.
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: parage
References edit
- “parāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-21.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
- paraige (Conon de Béthune)
Noun edit
parage oblique singular, m (oblique plural parages, nominative singular parages, nominative plural parage)
- parage (social rank)