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maidenhood /ˈmeɪdnhʊd /noun1The fact or condition of being a young, unmarried woman.Are there not charms by which the property of youth and maidenhood may be abused?...- Three of the plays deal with young women about to be married but who still enjoy the relative freedom of maidenhood.
- I have waited long enough; I have got tired of maidenhood.
1.1A girl’s virginity: most brides wear white to symbolize maidenhood...- He wanted me to be kept so I could be married to a prince or king with my maidenhood intact.
- In one novel the deserted maiden loses a lock of hair, in the other her maidenhood.
- While most brides today marry in white (which symbolizes maidenhood), the tradition is only as old as the 16th century.
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