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parage

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English parage, from Old French parage, perage, from pair (“equal”) + -age. Doublet of peerage.

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Noun

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parage (countable and uncountable, plural parages)

  1. (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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  2. A feudal institution that recognizes equality of rights and status between two rulers, and equality in the portions of an inheritance.
  3. A woman's marriage portion or dowry.

French

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  • IPA(key): /pa.ʁaʒ/
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Noun

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parage m (plural parages)

  1. parage (social rank)
  2. (plural only) environs, surroundings

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Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old French parage; equivalent to pere (“peer”) +‎ -age.

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parage (uncountable)

  1. One's bloodline or ancestry, especially in terms of relative social status.
  2. A great or noble bloodline; an ancestry of high social status.
  3. (rare) Common social status or position; societal equalness.
  4. (rare) The right to hold land due to one's societal equivalence to other tenants.
  5. (rare) Esteem, significance.
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Descendants

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  • English: parage

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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parage oblique singular, m (oblique plural parages, nominative singular parages, nominative plural parage)

  1. parage (social rank)

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