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nonage
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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