单词 | maternal association |
释义 | > as lemmasmaternal association d. Chiefly U.S. Of a benevolent organization, etc.: constituted to provide for the needs or interests of mothers. Esp. in maternal association. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [adjective] > relating to charity > type of charity maternal1821 1821 S. C. Ayer Diary 28 Mar. (1910) 226 This afternoon I have attended our Maternal meeting. I join'd the Association soon after the birth of my little Sarah.] 1821 S. C. Ayer Diary 30 May (1910) 226 A few of the members of our Maternal Association met together at Mrs. Bartells. 1856 C. Kingsley Lect. Ladies 57 There are clubs,—clothing-clubs, shoe-clubs, maternal-clubs. 1883 M. A. Livermore What shall we do with our Daughters? vii. 140 From institutes of heredity and temperance unions, from maternal associations, and societies for moral education..comes a united entreaty. 1890 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) Maternal hospital. 1981 M. P. Ryan Cradle of Middle Class 89 The first maternal association, established in Portland, Maine, in 1815, was, however, almost stillborn on the New England frontier. 1996 Internat. Family Planning Perspectives 22 60/1 Researchers at the International Peace Maternal Hospital in Shanghai have experimented with levonorgestrel suppositories. < as lemmas |
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