Hypertext Webster Gateway: "nonage"

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) 1.7 (wn)

nonage
n : any age prior to the legal age [syn: {minority}] [ant: {majority}]


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