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Childhood \Child"hood\ (ch[imac]ld"h[oo^]d), n. [AS. cildh[=a]d;
cild child -h[=a]d. See {Child}, and {-hood}.]
1. The state of being a child; the time in which persons are
children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty.
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I have walked before you from my childhood. --1.
Sam. xii. 2.
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2. Children, taken collectively. [R.]
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The well-governed childhood of this realm. --Sir. W.
Scott.
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3. The commencement; the first period.
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The childhood of our joy. --Shak.
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{Second childhood}, the state of being feeble and incapable
from old age.
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