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   Pa·ter·ni·ty

   /pəˈtərnədē/

   

   noun

   • 1. (especially in legal contexts) the state of being someone's father: "he refused to admit paternity of the child"
   • 2. paternal origin: "his enemies made great play of the supposed dubiety of his paternity"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French paternité, from late Latin paternitas, from paternus ‘relating to a father’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

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