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Meaning of "maidenhood" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MAIDENHOOD

maidenhood  [ˈmeɪdənˌhʊd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAIDENHOOD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Maidenhood is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAIDENHOOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

maidenhood

Virginity

Virginity is the state of a person who has never engaged in sexual intercourse. There are cultural and religious traditions which place special value and significance on this state, especially in the case of unmarried females, associated with notions of personal purity, honor and worth. Like chastity, the concept of virginity has traditionally involved sexual abstinence before marriage, and then to engage in sexual acts only with the marriage partner. The concept of virginity usually involves moral or religious issues and can have consequences in terms of social status and in interpersonal relationships. The term virgin originally only referred to sexually inexperienced women, but has evolved to encompass a range of definitions, as found in traditional, modern, and ethical concepts. Heterosexual individuals may or may not consider loss of virginity to occur only through penile-vaginal penetration, while people of other sexual orientations often include oral sex, anal sex or mutual masturbation in their definitions of losing one's virginity.

Definition of maidenhood in the English dictionary

The definition of maidenhood in the dictionary is the time during which a woman is a maiden or a virgin. Other definition of maidenhood is the condition of being a maiden or virgin.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MAIDENHOOD


adulthood
ˈædʌltˌhʊd
brotherhood
ˈbrʌðəˌhʊd
cousinhood
ˈkʌzənˌhʊd
falsehood
ˈfɔːlsˌhʊd
fatherhood
ˈfɑːðəˌhʊd
godhood
ˈɡɒdˌhʊd
hoydenhood
ˈhɔɪdənˌhʊd
humanhood
ˈhjuːmənˌhʊd
likelihood
ˈlaɪklɪˌhʊd
livelihood
ˈlaɪvlɪˌhʊd
matronhood
ˈmeɪtrənˌhʊd
motherhood
ˈmʌðəˌhʊd
neighborhood
ˈneɪbəˌhʊd
neighbourhood
ˈneɪbəˌhʊd
orphanhood
ˈɔːfənˌhʊd
personhood
ˈp£ːsənˌhʊd
priesthood
ˈpriːstˌhʊd
singlehood
ˈsɪŋɡəlˌhʊd
sisterhood
ˈsɪstəˌhʊd
womanhood
ˈwʊmənˌhʊd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAIDENHOOD

maiden
maiden aunt
maiden lady
maiden name
maiden over
maiden pink
maiden speech
maiden voyage
maiden-like
maidenhair
maidenhair fern
maidenhair tree
maidenhead
maidenish
maidenliness
maidenly
maidenweed
maidhood
maidish
maidishness

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAIDENHOOD

boyhood
childhood
companionhood
deaconhood
gentlemanhood
hood
lens hood
manhood
maximum likelihood
nationhood
nunhood
parenthood
prophethood
queenhood
selfhood
sonhood
statehood
unhood
victimhood
virginhood

Synonyms and antonyms of maidenhood in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «maidenhood» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAIDENHOOD

Find out the translation of maidenhood to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of maidenhood from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «maidenhood» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

处女
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

doncellez
570 millions of speakers

English

maidenhood
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तस्र्णता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عذرية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

девичества
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

virgindade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কুমারীত্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

virginité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemalas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Jungfräulichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

娘時代
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

처녀성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Maidenhood
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cảnh độc thân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

maidenhood
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लग्नापूर्वीचे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bakirelik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

verginità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

panieństwa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дівоцтва
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fecioria
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παρθενίας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

meisie jaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

maidenhood
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

maiden
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of maidenhood

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAIDENHOOD»

The term «maidenhood» is normally little used and occupies the 125.381 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAIDENHOOD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «maidenhood» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «maidenhood» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about maidenhood

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAIDENHOOD»

Discover the use of maidenhood in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to maidenhood and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Aboriginal Adolescence: Maidenhood in an Australian Community
This analysis of female adolescence in an Australian Aboriginal community focuses on adolescent sexual behavior, marriage, and the conflict between adult expectations and adolescent behavior in these domains.
Victoria Katherine Burbank, 1988
2
Maidenhood and Motherhood, Or, Ten Phases of Woman's Life: ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
John D. West, 2010
3
Maidenhood; Or, the Verge of the Stream
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1876 edition. Excerpt: ...Dr. Matthews.
Laura Valentine, 2012
4
Women's Lives in Medieval Europe: A Sourcebook
21. Holy. Maidenhood: A. Debate. on. Marriage. (13th. c.) Holy Maidenhood is a treatise on virginity; its purpose is to persuade young women to become nuns, dedicating themselves to chastity for religious ...
Emilie Amt, 2013
5
School-age Pregnancy and Parenthood: Bisocial Dimensions
The probability should approximate zero in societies with no maidenhood no matter whether premarital sex is permitted or not. If premarital sex is freely permitted, the probability of pregnancy should be about 30% in societies with the  ...
Jane Beckman Lancaster, Beatrix A. Hamburg
6
Anchoritic Spirituality: Ancrene Wisse and Associated Works
HOLY MAIDENHOOD Editors' Note: Holy Maidenbood is the third work in the Titus MS, where it occupies ff.112v.-127r.; it also occurs in MS Bodley 34, after Katberine, Margaret and luliana and before Sawle: Warde. As usual, the date of the ...
Anne Savage, 1991
7
Ladies Guide in Health and Disease
With discussion on women's health and disease from girlhood to maidenhood to wifehood to motherhood. The author aimed at presenting this volume with the belief that there was a real and urgent demand for such a work.
John Harvey Kellogg, 2003
8
Mekhilta De-Rabbi Shimon Bar Yo (Edward E. Elson Classic)
21:11)—this is at the age of maidenhood.96 3. A. Because a man may marry off his daughter and a man can sell his daughter [into servitude, [one may reason that] just as he can marry her off when she has shown the first signs of maidenhood, ...
W. David Nelson, 2006
9
Culture and Human Development: The Selected Papers of John ...
The judgments of the duration of maidenhood and the rules governing premarital sexual behavior were combined to define a number of maidenhood strategies and classify the cases in the ethnographic sample. The grouping of the ...
John Whiting, Eleanor Hollenberg Chasdi, 2006
10
Middle English Literature
Holy. Maidenhood. (ca. 1200, Southwestern) Halt Meide nhad (or Mali Meidhad) was written by an unknown author to encourage girls to enter into religious life. His arguments are drawn from an ancient Christian tradition. In the early days of ...
Charles W. Dunn, Edward T. Byrnes, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAIDENHOOD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term maidenhood is used in the context of the following news items.
1
WILD COOT: Two bulls and a frog
After 60, there is nowhere to go, or mountains to climb save the coveted Mistress Heifer's maidenhood. La Fontaine puts it nicely, as we the ... «Nation News, Jul 15»
2
Artistic Director Chad-Alan Carr to Lead CAMELOT at Gettysburg …
... to the show, which has memorable songs such as 'The Simple Joys of Maidenhood', 'If Ever I Would Leave You', 'How To Handle A Woman', ... «Broadway World, Jul 15»
3
Unique production of 'Camelot,' featuring actors accompanying …
"At my first recital, when I was 6 years old, I sang 'The Simple Joys of Maidenhood,'" Short said of one of the three solo numbers she will next ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
4
The 'nothing' that Shakespeare wrote about in 'Much Ado'
Maidenhood is front and center in the plot of the play, but we need remember that ruling England when Shakespeare wrote this drama, was ... «Winona Post, Jun 15»
5
'Game of Thrones' is underserving Dorne and Westeros' people of …
Obella is twelve, on the brink of maidenhood. They worship you, as Dorea and Loreza worship them. If you should die, must Elia and Obella ... «Hypable, May 15»
6
Wilton High presents Camelot
Bryan Haeffele photo. Guenevere (Caitlin Witty) wonders 'Where are the Simple Joys of Maidenhood?' Camelot runs May 14-16 at the Clune ... «Wilton Bulletin, May 15»
7
Center provides resources for families dealing with child loss
The areas we support are maidenhood, maternity, menopause and mourning. Couples childbirth preparation sessions, mom/daughter ... «The Kearney Courier, May 15»
8
Meet the Cast of Victorian Lyric Opera Company's 'Ruddigore': Part …
Heart-broken she resigned herself to “eternal maidenhood.” She reveals to us the curse of Ruddigore. Later, she joins Sir Roderic Murgatroyd ... «DC Metro Theater Arts, May 15»
9
'Camelot' comes to life in Starlight Theatre musical
The musical contains such well-known songs as “If Ever I Would Leave You,” “How to Handle a Woman” and “Simple Joys of Maidenhood.”. «Noise, Apr 15»
10
Theater: Allentown's Civic Theatre to premiere 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'
The score features classic songs "If Ever I Would Leave You," "The Simple Joys of Maidenhood," and the title song, "Camelot." The original cast ... «Allentown Morning Call, Apr 15»

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