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PARRICIDE
parricide
(noun) the murder of your own father or mother
parricide
(noun) someone who kills his or her parent
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
parricide (countable and uncountable, plural parricides)
Someone who kills a relative, especially a parent.
Someone who commits treason.
The killing of a relative, especially a parent.
The killing of a ruler, or other authority figure; treason.
Source: Wiktionary
Par"ri*cide, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. parricida; pater father + caedere to kill. See Father, Homicide, and cf. Patricide.]
1. Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor.
2. Etym: [L. parricidium.]
Definition: The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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