Category:Parage

Par"age, n. Etym: [f., fr. L. par, adj., equal. Cf. Peerage, peer an Equal.]

1. (old eng. Law)

Defn: equality of condition, blood, or dignity; also, equality in the Partition of an inheritance. Spelman.

2. (feudal law)

Defn: equality of condition between persons holding unequal portions Of a fee. Burrill.

3. Kindred; family; birth. [obs.] Ld. Berners. We claim to be of high parage. Chaucer.