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