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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Infancy

/ĭn'-fən-sē/ · In·fan·cy · IPA /ˈɪnfənsi/
01 n. The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood.
  1. 1.
    The state or period of being an infant; the first part of life; early childhood.
    “The babe yet lies in smiling infancy.” Milton.
    “Their love in early infancy began.” Dryden.
  2. 2.
    The first age of anything; the beginning or early period of existence; as, the infancy of an art.
    “The infancy and the grandeur of Rome.” Arbuthnot.
  3. 3.
    The state or condition of one under age, or under the age of twenty-one years; nonage; minority.(Law)