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patricide::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | parricide |
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| Type of | parricide |
Examples of patricide
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If so, we have just witnessed the third act of patricide in seven months.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The patricide and subsequent conviction made national headlines.
From the timesunion.com
Patricide ultimately became the core of The Brothers Karamazov.
From the time.com
Real-life cases of someone murdering their grandfather must be much rarer than patricide or matricide.
From the newscientist.com
The last execution on the Isle of Man took place in 1872, when John Kewish was hanged for patricide.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It follows then, that he is rec-onciled with his son only after he turns from the brink of patricide.
From the thebeaveronline.co.uk
Orestes is tormented by the Erinyes, or Furies, chthonic deities that avenge patricide and matricide.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The comedy centers on the story of apparent patricide and attracted a wide hostile reaction from the Irish public.
From the en.wikipedia.org
For now, it is one of the ironies of this peculiar combination of regicide and patricide that the murderer should ascend to the throne.
From the time.com
- A person who murders their father
- The murder of your father
- Patricide is (i) the act of killing one's father, or (ii) a person who kills his or her father. The word patricide derives from the Latin word pater (father) and the Latin suffix -cida (cutter or killer). Patricide is a sub-form of parricide, which is defined as an act of killing a close relative.
- Murder of one's father; A murderer of one's father
