D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Parentage

/(pâr"ent*ā̇j; 277)/ · Par·ent·age · IPA /pˈɛrəntədʒ/
01 n. Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of…
  1. 1.
    Descent from parents or ancestors; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their rank or character; extraction; birth; as, a man of noble parentage.
    “Though men esteem thee low of parentage.” Milton.