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nonage


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nonage  \Non"age\,  n.  [LL.  nonagium  from  L.  nonus  ninth  novem 
  nine.]  (Eccl.) 
  The  ninth  part  of  movable  goods,  formerly  payable  to  the 
  clergy  on  the  death  of  persons  in  their  parishes.  --Mozley  & 
  W. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nonage  \Non"age\,  n.  [Pref.  non-  +  age.] 
  Time  of  life  before  a  person  becomes  of  age;  legal 
  immaturity;  minority. 
 
  The  human  mind  .  .  .  was  still  in  its  nonage. 
  --Coleridge. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  nonage 
  n  :  any  age  prior  to  the  legal  age  [syn:  {minority}]  [ant:  {majority}] 




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