'Nonage' definitions:

Definition of 'nonage'

From: WordNet
noun
Any age prior to the legal age [syn: minority, nonage] [ant: legal age, majority]

Definition of 'Nonage'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Nonage'

From: GCIDE
  • Nonage \Non"age\, n. [Pref. non- + age.] Time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority. [1913 Webster]
  • The human mind . . . was still in its nonage. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]

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