† maidenlessadj.
Obsolete.
Not truly chaste.Apparently an isolated use.
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a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 39 The Greeke Church, which neuer liked of the maidenlesse maidenhood of their Priests.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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adj.a1603- to send to the pack
- to send to the plantations
- to send to the pot
- to send to the press
- to send to the right about
- to send to the right rightabouts
- to send to the showers
- to send to the wall
- to send to, wish at hanover
- to send up
- to send up a kite
- to send upstairs
- to send word
- to sentence it
- to sentence to death
- to separate , sift, winnow) the corn from the chaff
- to separate , sift, winnow) the grain from the chaff
- to separate , sift, winnow) the wheat from the chaff
- to separate the men from the boys
- to servant it
- to serve a person heir to
- to serve a person right
- to serve a person's turn
- to serve a turn
- to serve a volunteer