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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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This year’s nostalgia for Jane Austen interiors (which has also dovetailed with the return of the canopy bed and is not unrelated to the resurgence of perpetual girlhood) has put candlelit lighting back on the map, and retailers are meeting the moment with modern iterations of the antique.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
17 Dec. 2025
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An explicit act of transcending her girlhood, and welcoming new parts of herself.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
14 Dec. 2025
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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Still, the most powerful actresses have taken this archetypal role and created a picture of Technicolor womanhood out of it, whether in Hereditary, Rosemary’s Baby, or the more recent independent film Kindred.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2025
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Ringgold positions Black womanhood not as subject to be studied, but as the lens through which American history must be re-seen.—
Skylar Mitchell,
Essence,
18 Dec. 2025
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“Maidenhood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maidenhood. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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