Get a set of elements containing the unique parents of the matched set of elements. You may use an optional expression to filter the set of parent elements that will match. (optional) An expression to filter the parents with Find the parent element of each paragraph. <div><p>Hello</p><p>Hello</p></div> $("p").parent() [ <div><p>Hello</p><p>Hello</p></div> ] Find the parent element of each paragraph with a class "selected". <div><p>Hello</p></div><div class="selected"><p>Hello Again</p></div> $("p").parent(".selected") [ <div class="selected"><p>Hello Again</p></div> ]