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Another word for infancy

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infancy

n.

The time of life's beginning
cradle, babyhood, early childhood; see childhood.
Any period of beginning
outset, start, opening, early stages; see origin 1.

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Another word for infancy

noun

(Law)

The state or period of being under legal age:

minority, nonage. See law, youth

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His two sons had died in infancy, and his successor was his only legitimate child, Mary.
The Birth and Infancy of John and of Jesus.
Factories are still in infancy, but silk is spun.
Her mother, Agatha Southill, was a reputed witch, and Ursula from her infancy was regarded by the neighbours as "the Devil's child."
In his infancy he had heard so much talk about the villainies of the Whigs, and the dangers of the Church, that he had become a furious partisan when he could scarcely speak.

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