Definition of "patricide" []

• The act of murdering one's father. (noun)
• One who murders one's father. (noun)

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• "Here in Confucian Korea, where in a classroom gasps of horror are heard when I lead university students to figure out what the word "patricide" means, the idea that adult children have an "obligation to care for elderly parents" is simply a given, although it is sometimes transgressed."
• "SIR, -- The word "patricide" in your issue of this morning (telegrams) was an error."
• "Thus, whilst it seems that Anthony Hamilton has been the primary mover in orchestrating Dennis's withdrawal, there remains a sense in which Lewis seems to have committed an act of professional patricide."