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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Nonage

· Non·age · IPA /ˈnoʊnəd͡ʒ/
01 n. The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishes.
  1. 1.
    The ninth part of movable goods, formerly payable to the clergy on the death of persons in their parishes.(Eccl.)
02 n. Time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority.
  1. 1.
    Time of life before a person becomes of age; legal immaturity; minority.
    “The human mind . . . was still in its nonage.” — Coleridge.