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Meanings of parenthood in English

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maternitat

The state of being a parent.

        maternitat
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        Examples for "parentage"
        1
        A child's right to know its genetic parentage should always come first.
        The Irish Times
        2
        It shocked me to hear him admit my eldest brother's true parentage.
        Song of the Nile
        3
        He wanted to tell Quentin what Coran had said about his parentage.
        Ilse Witch
        4
        This divine parentage has the sense in which the words were spoken.
        AE in the Irish Theosophist
        5
        This was the first intimation given of the parentage of the child.
        France in the Nineteenth Century
        Usage of parenthood in English
        1
        In March, Time highlighted research questioning whether parenthood is a sane choice.
        The Guardian
        2
        Then, when we decide the time is right, most sail into parenthood.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Another factor that obviously affects women's visibility is the pressure of parenthood.
        The Guardian
        4
        But parenthood doesn't stop her from indulging in her latest passion: school.
        Reuters
        5
        How are relationships meant to survive the first few months of parenthood?
        The Irish Times
        6
        Even in these days of planned parenthood, that was bucking the odds.
        IT
        7
        No eighteen-year-old ought to be saddled with the responsibility of surrogate parenthood.
        In every heartbeat
        8
        So when parenthood came knocking, I was blown out of the water.
        The Irish Times
        9
        Probably a sign that parenthood had driven him completely over the edge.
        The soul catcher
        10
        Soon after their marriage the timid notion of parenthood had escaped them.
        Gladiator
        11
        Some of the best male and female stock refusing marriage and parenthood.
        Taboo and Genetics / A Study of the Biological, Sociological and...
        12
        For all of her centuries of living, parenthood was new to Sorcha.
        Darkest Mercy
        13
        And the murkiness and cloudiness were not dissipated when parenthood was theirs.
        Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness
        14
        She wondered how Romulus might react to the knowledge of their parenthood.
        The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
        15
        This experience had strengthened her character and prepared her for single parenthood.
        The Blue Lagoon: A Romance
        16
        A parent ourself, we resent the notion that incompetence begins with parenthood.
        The new yorker
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