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nonages

nonages is the plural of nonage.

Meaning of nonage

Noun (1)

nonage (plural nonages)

  1. The state of being under legal age; minority, the fact of being a minor.
    • His vvarlike vvife Simeramis, her huſband being dead, / And ſonne in nonage, faining him ſhe ruled in his ſtéede: / Delating in a males attire the Empire nevve begonne: / The vvhich, his yeares admitting it, ſhe yealded to her ſonne.1586, William Warner, “The First. Chapter I.”, in Albions England. Or Historicall Map of the Same Island: […], London: […] George Robinson [and R. Ward] for Thomas Cadman, […], →OCLC, page 2

Noun (2)

nonage (plural nonages)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A payment formerly made to the parish clergy upon the death of a parishioner, consisting of a ninth of the movable goods.

Questions about nonages

What is nonages the plural of?
Nonages is the plural of nonage.

Words near nonages in the dictionary

  1. nonagenda
  2. nonagent
  3. nonagented
  4. nonagentive
  5. nonagents
  6. nonages
  7. nonagesimal
  8. nonagesimals
  9. nonagglutinability
  10. nonagglutinable
  11. nonagglutinated

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