Meaning of MATERNITY
| Pronunciation: | | mu'turnitee
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[n] the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother |
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MATERNITY is a 9 letter word that starts with M. |
| | Synonyms: | | motherhood |
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| | See Also: | | family relationship, kinship, relationship | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ma*ter"ni*ty\, n. [F. maternit['e], LL. maternitas.]
The state of being a mother; the character or relation of a
mother.
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| | Related Terms: | | affiliation, agnation, alliance, ancestry, blood, blood relationship, brotherhood, brothership, cognation, common ancestry, common descent, connection, consanguinity, cousinhood, cousinship, enation, fatherhood, filiation, fraternity, kindred, kinship, maternalness, matrilineage, matriliny, matrisib, matrocliny, motherhood, motherliness, mothership, parenthood, paternity, patrilineage, patriliny, patrisib, patrocliny, pregnancy, propinquity, relation, relationship, sibship, sisterhood, sistership, ties of blood |
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