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Definition of: paternity
(pə·tûr′nə·tē) noun
1. The condition of being a father.
2. Parentage on the male side; descent from a father.
3. Origin in general; authorship. [<OF paternité <L paternitas, -tatis <paternus. See PATERNAL.]
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