Pär'ri-çide, n.

n. [Fr. parricide, from Lat. parricida and parricidium, from pater, father, and cædere, to kill; It. & Sp. parricida and parricidio.] 1. A person who murders his father or mother; one who murders an ancestor. ☞ Blackstone applies the word to one who kills his child. 2. The murder of any one to whom reverence is due. Bacon.