Bible Dictionaries
Childhood

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The commencement; the first period.

(2):

(n.) The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty.

(3):

(n.) Children, taken collectively.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Childhood'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/childhood.html. 1828.