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Recent Examples of maidenhood
Even so, the belief in Mary’s life-long maidenhood is widely shared by members of the Eastern Orthodox Church and by some Lutherans.
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Rebecca Coffey, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
Rebecca Coffey, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for maidenhood
Noun
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In rural Costa Rica, Laura steps out of girlhood and into the world of adults.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 Apr. 2026
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But his lucid, sensitive evocations of Blume’s suburban girlhood should put the question of his ability to rest.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
18 Mar. 2026
Noun
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This horror at effeminacy echoes across Baldwin’s novels and essays.—
Garth Greenwell,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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The researchers theorized this could be in part because of greater stigma toward effeminacy in boys than masculinity in girls.—
Benjamin Ryan,
NBC News,
4 Oct. 2023
Noun
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How else to read this moment but as the culmination of that ‘natural way of things,’ which pins the blame on contemporary, commercialized womanhood?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Apr. 2026
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Few designers capture the essence of womanhood quite like Pierpaolo Piccioli—his eight-year tenure at Valentino proved that time and again.—
Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Maidenhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maidenhood. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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