† parenˈtele Obs.
[a. F. parentèle (15th c. in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. parentēla relationship.]
1. Kinship, relationship; kindred.
| c 1385 Chaucer Pars. T. ¶834 Certes parentele is in two maneres outher goostly or flesshly. 1422 tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 163 Honestly hym he Prayed..wyth his grete Perentele awhyle hym dysporte. 1541 St. Papers Hen. VIII, III. 346 The Juges..inclyned to parcialitie and unlauful favor unto their parentile and affynytie. |
2. = parentage 3, 4.
| 1491 Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) i. xl. 54 b/2 They ben comen of grete parentele and lygnage in worldly honour. c 1530 L. Cox Rhet. (1899) 57 He hath spoken of his parentele and bryngynge vp in youth. a 1734 North Exam. i. iii. §156 (1740) 223 Not so many..as there were Cities strove for the Parentele of Homer. |