Synonyms:
bastardy, illegitimacy, bar_sinister
Meaning: the status of being born to parents who were not married
Usage examples
Percentage Of Illegitimacy In Protestant And Catholic Countries Of Europe.
But is it true that crimes, especially murder and illegitimacy, are more prevalent in Catholic than in Protestant countries?
It is worthy, too, of notice, that in the tabular statement above presented the percentage of illegitimacy in Holland and Switzerland, where there are large Catholic minorities, is lower than in any other Protestant country.
The division showing the highest proportion of illegitimacy is the north-eastern, which comprises, or almost consists of, the Province of Ulster, where the population is almost equally divided between Protestants and Roman Catholics, and where the great majority of Protestants are of Scotch blood and of the Presbyterian church.