The Collaborative International Dictionary
Parage \Par"age\, n. [F., fr. L. par, adj., equal. Cf. Peerage, Peer an equal.]
(Old Eng. Law) Equality of condition, blood, or dignity; also, equality in the partition of an inheritance.
--Spelman.(Feudal Law) Equality of condition between persons holding unequal portions of a fee.
--Burrill.-
Kindred; family; birth. [Obs.]
--Ld. Berners.We claim to be of high parage.
--Chaucer.
Wiktionary
n. (label en archaic) lineage, parentage; rank, especially as high or noble.
Wikipedia
Parage may refer to:
- Parage (Bačka Palanka), a village in the Bačka Palanka municipality, in the Vojvodina province of Serbia
- Paréage, a feudal institution that recognizes equality of rights and status between two rulers. Also, equality in the portions of an inheritance
Parage is a village located in the Bačka Palanka municipality, in the South Bačka District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population numbering 1,039 people (2002 census).
Usage examples of "parage".
For thogh they yeve us al hir heritage, For which we clayme to been of heigh parage, Yet may they nat biquethe for no thyng To noon of us hir vertuous lyvyng, That made hem gentil men ycalled be, And bad us folwen hem in swich degree.
Thou comest home as drunken as a mouse, And preachest on thy bench, with evil prefe:* *proof Thou say'st to me, it is a great mischief To wed a poore woman, for costage:* *expense And if that she be rich, of high parage.
Thou seist to me, it is a greet meschief To wedde a povre womman, for costage, And if she be riche and of heigh parage, Thanne seistow it is a tormentrie To soffren hir pride and hir malencolie.