Parricide Definition

părĭ-sīd
noun
The act of murdering one's parent, someone having a similar relationship, or a close relative.
Webster's New World
A person who does this.
Webster's New World
The killing of the ruler of one's country.
American Heritage
One who commits parricide.
American Heritage
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Noun

Singular:
parricide
Plural:
parricides

Origin of Parricide

  • From Middle French parricide, from Latin parricida, of uncertain origin. Equivalent to +"Ž -cide.

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin parricīdium parricīda pāri-, parri- kin -cīdium -cīda -cide

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Parricide Sentence Examples

  • It was then that the parricide prepared his defence.

  • Apollo, who has urged Orestes to parricide and has himself expiated the crime of slaying the dragon, is able to purify others in similar case.

  • Besides the cathedral, the baptistery and the famous leaning tower, the city possesses several notable churches, as the Renaissance church of the Tuscan order of St Stephen, built in 1562 from plans by Vt,sari; San Niccolo, with a four-storeyed tower (1230), built by Niccola Pisano, and the tomb of John of Swabia, the parricide; Santa Caterina (1262); Santa Maria della Spina, in the Italo-Gothic style, built in 1230 and restored in 1872; San Sepolchro, erected in 1150 by Diotisalvi; San Francesco, with frescoes byTaddeo Gaddi; and the basilica of San Michele (Io18).

  • In the code of the Twelve Tables they are designated quaestores parricidii, " inquisitors of parricide or murder"; 2 and perhaps originally this was their full title, which was afterwards abbreviated into quaestors when their functions as criminal judges fell into the background.

  • In addition to parricide or murder we can hardly doubt that all other crimes fell within the jurisdiction of the quaestors; political crimes only seem to have been excepted.

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