单词	maidenhood
释义	maidenhood /ˈmeɪdnhʊd / noun 1The 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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