Parricide

par'rY-sid, n. One who murders his father or mother; murder of any one to whom reverence is due. fF.; L. parricida. a murderer of a parent, parricidium, murder of a father (cf fratricide, matricide), fr. pater = E. father, and cseda, a slayer, fr. csedere, to — Parricid'al, a. Pert, to, or committing, parricide.