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afterage

afterage noun: an age occurring afterwards; a later era.

Noun

afterage (plural afterages)

  1. An age occurring afterwards; a later era.
    • And I deny also, that the teaching authority of the successors so called of the apostles was designed to be the only rule of faith in afterages.1830, James Austin Mason, The Triumph of Truth, in the Conversion of the Rev. J. A. Mason, from the Errors of Methodism to the Catholic Faith, page 18

Forms of afterage

pluralafterages

Origin of afterage

From after- + age.

Questions about afterage

What does afterage mean?
Afterage means an age occurring afterwards; a later era.
What part of speech is afterage?
Afterage is a noun.
What is the plural of afterage?
The plural of afterage is afterages.

Words near afterage in the dictionary

  1. afteracquired
  2. afteract
  3. afteracts
  4. afterafterparties
  5. afterafterparty
  6. afterage
  7. afterages
  8. afterall
  9. afterattack
  10. afterattacks
  11. afterbath

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