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Childhood

CHILDHOOD, n. 1. The state of a child, or the time in which persons are children, including the time from birth to puberty. but in a more restricted sense, the state or time from infancy to puberty. Thus we sa...

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CHILDHOOD, n.

1. The state of a child, or the time in which persons are children, including the time from birth to puberty. but in a more restricted sense, the state or time from infancy to puberty. Thus we say, infancy, childhood, youth and manhood.

Childhood and youth are vanity. Eccl 11.

2. The properties of a child.

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