Category:Parricide

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.]

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