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Definition of Maidenhood

1. Noun. The childhood of a girl.

Definition of Maidenhood

1. n. The state of being a maid or a virgin; virginity.

Definition of Maidenhood

1. Noun. The condition of being a maiden; the time when one is a maiden or young girl. ¹

2. Noun. The state of an unwed female; virginity. ¹

3. Noun. The maidenhead. ¹

4. Noun. Freshness; newness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Maidenhood

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Maidenhood

Literary usage of Maidenhood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
""maidenhood" is a delicate, delicious, soft, hazy composition. "God's- Acre" is a very striking thought. Then, the hexameters. I do not like this measure in ..."

2. The History of American Sculpture by Lorado Taft (1903)
"... the " Rose Maiden," and again in the more recent " maidenhood." The first ( of these, which is shut from public view in a mortuary vault at Muscatine, ..."

3. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"I think the last two pieces [" maidenhood " and " Excelsior "1 the best, — perhaps as good as anything I hare written.' (Life. rol. i, p. 109. ..."

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