Definitions for parricide
ˈpær əˌsaɪdpar·ri·cide

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. parricidenoun

   someone who kills his or her parent

2. parricidenoun

   the murder of your own father or mother

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. parricidenoun

   Someone who kills a relative, especially a parent.

2. parricidenoun

   The killing of a relative, especially a parent.

3. parricidenoun

   The killing of a ruler, or other authority figure; treason.

4. Etymology: From parricide, from parricida, of uncertain origin.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Parricidenoun

   Etymology: parricide, Fr. parricida, Latin.

   1. One who destroys his father.

   I told him the revenging gods
   'Gainst parricides did all the thunder bend;
   Spoke with how manifold and strong a bond
   The child was bound to th’ father. William Shakespeare.

   2. One who destroys or invades any to whom he owes particular reverence; as his country or patron.3. [ Parricide, Fr. parricidium, Lat.]The murder of a father; murder of one to whom reverence is due.

   Although he were a prince in military virtue approved, and likewise a good law-maker; yet his cruelties and parricides weighed down his virtues. Francis Bacon.

   Morat was always bloody, now he’s base;
   And has so far in usurpation gone,
   He will by parricide secure the throne. Dryden.

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1. parricide

   Parricide is the act of intentionally killing one's own parent or a close relative. This can also refer to a person who commits such an act. The term is derived from the Latin words 'pater' meaning father and 'cida' meaning killer. In a broader sense, it can include killing of any close relative, usually in a domestic context.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Parricidenoun

   properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor

2. Parricidenoun

   the act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor

3. Etymology: [F., fr. L. parricida; pater father + caedere to kill. See Father, Homicide, and cf. Patricide.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Parricide

   Parricide is defined as: ⁕the act of murdering one's father, mother or other close relative, but usually not children. ⁕the act of murdering a person who stands in a relationship resembling that of a father ⁕a person who commits such an act Various definitions exist for the term parricide, with the biggest discrepancy being whether or not the killing has to be defined as a murder to qualify as a parricide. A review of parricide cases that include factors other than delusional thinking such as a history of sexual abuse or fraud committed by the son against the family has been published in the forensic literature. The Perri, Lichtenwald and MacKenzie article provides suggestions for parents, social workers; counselors and psychologists who are attempting to mediate in a family whose dynamics are similar to murder cases in which fraud against the family predated the parricide.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Parricide

   par′ri-sīd, n. the murder of one's own father or mother: the murder of a parent: the murder of any one to whom reverence is due.—adj. Parricid′al, pertaining to, or committing, parricide. [Fr.,—L. parricida (for patri-cida)—pater, patris, father, cædĕre, to slay.]

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How to pronounce parricide?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of parricide in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of parricide in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of parricide in a Sentence

1. John Milton:

   ... If weakness may excuse, What Murderer, what Traitor, Parricide, Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it All Wickedness is Weakness That plea therefore With God or Man will gain thee no Remission.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=parricide
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Parricide
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=parricide
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parricide
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=parricide
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=parricide