Par"ri*cide (?), n. [F., fr. L. parricida; pater father + caedere to kill. See Father, Homicide, and cf. Patricide.]
1.
Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor.
2. [L. parricidium.]
The act or crime of murdering one's own father or any ancestor.
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