nonage UK /ˈnəʊnɪd͡ʒ/US /ˈnoʊnəd͡ʒ/ noun2 •The state of being under legal age; minority, the fact of being a minor.In him there is a hope of government, / That in his nonage council under him, / And in his full and ripen'd years himself, / No doubt, shall then and till then govern well. — 1593 •(no longer used, rare) A payment formerly made to the parish clergy upon the death of a parishioner, consisting of a ninth of the movable goods. formsnonages