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• manhood — / womanhood [n] physical maturity and strength of adult male or female adulthood, coming of age*, fecundity, femininity, fertility, manfulness, manliness, masculinity, mettle, potency, virility, womanliness, womanness; concepts 633,715 Ant.… …   New thesaurus

• age set — Formally organized social group consisting of every male (or female) of comparable age. In societies where the practice traditionally occurs (e.g., the Nuer of the southern Sudan or the Masai of Kenya and Tanzania), a person belongs, either from… …   Universalium

• manhood — Synonyms and related words: Dutch courage, adulthood, adultness, age of consent, boldness, braveness, bravery, chivalrousness, chivalry, conspicuous gallantry, courage, courageousness, determination, doughtiness, driving age, flower of age, force …   Moby Thesaurus

• age-grade — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a group of persons of the same sex and approximately the same age having certain definite duties and privileges in common and constituting a division of a tribe or society 2. : a stage (as boyhood, adolescence, or manhood) …   Useful english dictionary

• manhood — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. adulthood, maturity; virility, manliness. See age, male. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Male maturity] Syn. post pubescence, coming of age, adulthood; see majority 2 . 2. [Manly qualities] Syn. virility,… …   English dictionary for students

• manhood — The status of one who has reached his legal majority which in most jurisdictions is 18. Formerly, it was the age of 21. When this status is achieved, a person may act sui juris. See also legal age majority. In feudal law, a term denoting the… …   Black's law dictionary

• manhood — The status of one who has reached his legal majority which in most jurisdictions is 18. Formerly, it was the age of 21. When this status is achieved, a person may act sui juris. See also legal age majority. In feudal law, a term denoting the… …   Black's law dictionary

• Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood — Infobox Book | name = Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of 2006 edition of RBMW author = John Piper and Wayne Grudem eds. cover artist = country = United States language = English series =… …   Wikipedia

• Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood — Part of a series on Christianity and Gender Theology Female disciples of Jesus Gender roles in Christianity …   Wikipedia

• Canonical Age —     Canonical Age     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Canonical Age     The word age, taken in its widest meaning, may be described as a period of time . The geologist, physiologist, and jurist define it differently, each from his own viewpoint.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• My Manhood — Scrubs episode Episode no. Season 7 Episode 8 Directed by Michael McDonald Written by …   Wikipedia