Crossword-Solution: MOTHERHOOD
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Motherhood | n. | The state of being a mother; the character or office of a mother. |
We have 11 clues for the answer “MOTHERHOOD”
| Clue | Answers |
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| "The Second Oldest Profession" a la Erma Bombeck | 1 answer |
| Career for women. | 1 answer |
| It's celebrated in May | 1 answer |
| It's celebrated on a day in May | 1 answer |
| State of raising children | 1 answer |
| Sherwood Forest parent? | 1 answer |
| Status honored in May | 1 answer |
| Role embraced after childbirth | 1 answer |
| the kinship relation between an offspring and the mother | 1 answer |
| the state of being a mother | 2 answers |
| Maternity ___ | 3 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
MZAEEC
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with MOTHERHOOD (5)
And now he drags me like a criminal, A bride unwed, amerced of marriage-song And marriage-bed and joys of motherhood, By friends deserted to a living grave.
Had there been a Papist among the crowd of Puritans, he might have seen in this beautiful woman, so picturesque in her attire and mien, and with the infant at her bosom, an object to remind him of the image of Divine Maternity, which so many illustrious painters have vied with one another to represent; something which should remind him, indeed, but only by contrast, of that sacred image of sinless motherhood, whose infant was to redeem the world.
This woman with the false hair, the false teeth, the false murderous smile--what was she offering her but immunity from some unthinkable crime? Charity, till then, had been conscious only of a vague self-disgust and a frightening physical distress; now, of a sudden, there came to her the grave surprise of motherhood.
Dreaming of men who will bless me, of women esteeming me good, Of children born in my borders of radiant motherhood, Of cities leaping to stature, of fame like a flag unfurled, As I pour the tide of my riches in the eager lap of the world." This is the Law of the Yukon, that only the Strong shall thrive; That surely the Weak shall perish, and only the Fit survive.
True, he chose motherhood for the type of self-sacrificing love in the treatise “On Life,” which appeared soon after “What then must we do?” but maternal love, as exemplified in his own home and elsewhere, appeared to him as a noble instinct perversely directed.
Quotes with MOTHERHOOD (3)
The Vatican won't prosecute pedophile priests but I decide I'm not ready for motherhood and it's condemnation for me? These are the same people that won't support national condom distribution that PREVENTS teenage pregnancy.
Breasts are a scandal because they shatter the border between motherhood and sexuality.
Because misogynists are the best of men.” All the poets reacted to these words with hooting. Boccaccio was forced to raise his voice: “Please understand me. Misogynists don’t despise women. Misogynists don’t like femininity. Men have always been divided into two categories. Worshipers of women, otherwise known as poets, and misogynists, or, more accurately, gynophobes. Worshipers or poets revere traditional feminine values such as feelings, the home, motherhood, fertility, sa…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, NYT, Universal.
Used 7 times in crossword archives (1967–2015).