Meaning of parage | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Lineage, parentage; rank, especially as high or noble.
   archaic, countable, uncountable
2. A feudal institution that recognizes equality of rights and status between two rulers, and equality in the portions of an inheritance.
   countable, uncountable
3. A woman's marriage portion or dowry.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“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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