NONAGES

Noun

nonages

plural of nonage

Anagrams

• Genoans, gonanes

Source: Wiktionary


NONAGE

Non"age, n. Etym: [LL. nonagium, from L. nonus ninth, novem nine.] (Eccl.)

Definition: The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishes. Mozley & W.

Non"age, n. Etym: [Pref. non- + age.]

Definition: Time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority. The human mind . . . was still in its nonage. Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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