Maidenhood
21Gerlög and Inga — Gerlög or Geirlaug and her daughter Inga were two powerful and rich women in 11th century Uppland, Sweden. Gerlög and Inga had their dramatic and tragic family saga documented for posterity on several runestones. They lived in a turbulent time of …
22Katherine Group — The so called Katherine Group is a group of five 13th century Middle English texts composed by an anonymous author of the English West Midlands. The texts are all addressed to anchoresses (religious recluses) and praise the virtue of virginity.… …
23Katherine Group — The Katherine Group includes the Middle English hagiographies (SAINTS’ LIVES) Seinte Katerine (St. Katherine), Seinte Iuliene (St. Juliana), and Seinte Marherete (St. Margaret), along with the devotional prose pieces HALI MEIDENHAD (Holy… …
24virginity — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. maidenhood, girlhood, spinsterhood, celibacy; see chastity , virtue 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. chastity, celibacy, purity, maidenhood, innocence, virtue, modesty, continence, abstinence. A frozen asset. Clare… …
25Celibacy — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Celibacy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 celibacy celibacy singleness single blessedness Sgm: N 1 bachelorhood bachelorhood bachelorship Sgm: N 1 misogamy misogamy misogyny GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 virginity …
26κορείας — κορείᾱς , κόρειος of a maiden fem acc pl κορείᾱς , κόρειος of a maiden fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic) κορείᾱς , κόρευμα maidenhood fem acc pl κορείᾱς , κόρευμα maidenhood fem gen sg (attic doric aeolic) κορείᾱς , κορεία brushing fem acc pl… …
27girlhood — noun the childhood of a girl • Syn: ↑maidenhood, ↑maidhood • Derivationally related forms: ↑maid (for: ↑maidhood), ↑maiden (for: ↑ …
28maidhood — noun the childhood of a girl • Syn: ↑girlhood, ↑maidenhood • Derivationally related forms: ↑maid, ↑maiden (for: ↑maidenhood), ↑girl ( …
29maid|hood — «MAYD hud», noun. = maidenhood. (Cf. ↑maidenhood) …
30Maidenship — Maid en*ship, n. Maidenhood. [Obs.] Fuller. [1913 Webster] …
