paternity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: paternity	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for paternity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
paternity n the state of being a father; "tests were conducted to determine paternity" the kinship relation between an offspring and the father Synonym(s): fatherhood, paternity the act of initiating a new idea or theory or writing; "the authorship of the theory is disputed" Synonym(s): authorship, paternity
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Paternity \Pater"nity\, n. [L. paternitas: cf. F. paternit[82]. 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.