Parricidial
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Obsolete form of parricidal. alt-of, obsolete
"The mild and Chriſtian ſubmiſſion of Peter ſuffering death at Neroes hands, or the diſdainful and arrogant ſtomacke of Gregorie the ſeuenth, making the Emperour with his Queene and young Prince in extreme froſt and ſnowe, waite his leiſure three dayes barefoted, and in woollen, at the gates of Canuſium, whiles himſelfe was warme in a Ladies chamber: and (notwithſtanding this rare example of humilitie in a Prince) practiſing a generall reuolt of his Nobles and people from him, and cauſing an other to be choſen in his place, and licencing his owne ſubiects, ſeruants and ſonnes to beare armes againſt him, and filling the Chriſtian world with vnnaturall, and parricidial warres and bloudſhed?"
Example
More examples"The mild and Chriſtian ſubmiſſion of Peter ſuffering death at Neroes hands, or the diſdainful and arrogant ſtomacke of Gregorie the ſeuenth, making the Emperour with his Queene and young Prince in extreme froſt and ſnowe, waite his leiſure three dayes barefoted, and in woollen, at the gates of Canuſium, whiles himſelfe was warme in a Ladies chamber: and (notwithſtanding this rare example of humilitie in a Prince) practiſing a generall reuolt of his Nobles and people from him, and cauſing an other to be choſen in his place, and licencing his owne ſubiects, ſeruants and ſonnes to beare armes againſt him, and filling the Chriſtian world with vnnaturall, and parricidial warres and bloudſhed?"
Etymology
From Latin parricīdiālis.
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