parage

English

Etymology

From Middle English parage, from Old French parage, perage, from pair (“equal”) + -age. Doublet of peerage.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpaɹɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

parage (countable and uncountable, plural parages)

1. (archaic) Lineage, parentage; rank, especially as high or noble.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter V, in Le Morte Darthur, book VII (in Middle English):

     at souper the knyght sat syr Beumayns afore the damoisel / Fy fy said she syr knyghte ye are vncurtoys to sette a kechyn page afore me hym bysemeth better to stycke a swyne than to sytte afore a damoysel of hyhe parage / thenne the knyght was ashamed atte her wordes / and took hym vp / and sette hym at asyde bord / and sette hym self afore hym / and soo al that nyght they had good chere and mery reste

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2. A feudal institution that recognizes equality of rights and status between two rulers, and equality in the portions of an inheritance.
3. A woman's marriage portion or dowry.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁaʒ/

• Audio:

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Noun

parage m (plural parages)

1. parage (social rank)
2. (plural only) environs, surroundings

Further reading

• “parage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• parag, perage, porache

Etymology

From Old French parage; equivalent to pere (“peer”) +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈraːd͡ʒ(ə)/

Noun

parage (uncountable)

1. One's bloodline or ancestry, especially in terms of relative social status.
2. A great or noble bloodline; an ancestry of high social status.
3. (rare) Common social status or position; societal equalness.
4. (rare) The right to hold land due to one's societal equivalence to other tenants.
5. (rare) Esteem, significance.

Related terms

• disparage
• disparagen

Descendants

• English: parage

References

• “parāǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-21.

Old French

Alternative forms

• paraige (Conon de Béthune)

Noun

parage oblique singular, m (oblique plural parages, nominative singular parages, nominative plural parage)

1. parage (social rank)

Descendants

• Middle English: parage, parag, perage, porache
  • English: parage
• French: parage
• >? Sicilian: pariggiu

See also

• eritage
• linage