| n. | 1. | The state of being man as a human being, or man as distinguished from a child or a woman. |
| 2. | Manly quality; virility; courage; bravery; resolution. | |
| 3. | The genitalia of a male human. | |
| 4. | The condition of being a human being. |
| Noun | 1. | manhood - the state of being a man; manly qualities |
| 2. | manhood - the quality of being human; "he feared the speedy decline of all manhood" | |
| 3. | manhood - the status of being a man |
MANHOOD. The ceremony of doing homage by the vassal to his lord was denominated homagium or manhood, by the feudists. The formula used was devenio vester homo, I become you Com. 54. See Homage.
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