Definition of Nonage. Meaning of Nonage. Synonyms of Nonage

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Definition of Nonage

Nonage
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.
Nonage
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.

Meaning of Nonage from wikipedia

- In law, a minor is someone under a certain age, usually the age of majority, which demarcates an underage individual from legal adulthood. The age of majority...
- use—or rather abuse—of his natural gifts, are the fetters of an everlasting nonage. The man who casts them off would make an uncertain leap over the narrowest...
- states of society in which the race itself may be considered as in its nonage. Despotism is ... legitimate ... in dealing with barbarians, provided the...
- states of society in which the race itself may be considered as in its nonage. The early difficulties in the way of spontaneous progress are so great...
- vetted by the research community through the involvement of several dozen nonagency scientists. The NAS review officially got underway on April 24, 2009....
- eterne, eviternal, grandevity, grandevous, longevity, longevous, mediaeval, nonage, premediaeval, primaeval, primeval ager agr-, -egr- field agrarian, agrestal...
- by Joubert and Sandra Kotze. In 2019, it was adapted into a film, Poppie Nonage by award-winning director Christiaan Olwagen. "The Long Journey of Poppie...
- earlier gift of land made by Edward VI could be voided on account of his "nonage", that is, his immaturity, the judges held that it could not: the king's...
- (Old Fr. noise) nomad nom de guerre nom de plume nominalism nominative nonage nonchalance nonchalant nonpareil noose Nordic norm Norman Normandy normative...
- Richard Lord Viscount Rosse of the Kingdom of Ireland, notwithstanding his Nonage, to settle a Jointure on Mary Viscountess Rosse his Wife, and make a Settlement...