child-bearing

  • 11bearing cloth — noun Etymology: bearing (I) : a cloth with which a child is covered when carried to baptism * * * bearing cloth noun (historical) A gown worn at a child s baptism • • • Main Entry: ↑bear …

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  • 12child — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See youth. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. boy, girl, kid*, baby, newborn, infant, nestling, toddler, tot, preschooler, moppet, preteen, youth, adolescent, teenager, youngster, daughter, son, grandchild,… …

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  • 13bearing robe — noun Etymology: bearing (I) : a garment used as a bearing cloth formerly given to a child by his sponsors …

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  • 14bearing child — Giving birth …

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  • 15Fear of bearing a malformed child — An abnormal and persistent fear of bearing a malformed child is termed teratophobia. A phobia is an unreasonable sort of fear that can cause avoidance and panic. Phobias are a relatively common type of anxiety disorder. The term teratophobia is… …

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  • 16Jehovah's Witnesses and child sex abuse — As with other religious organisations, Jehovah s Witnesses have been obliged in recent years to develop child protection policies to deal with cases of child abuse in their congregations.Details of the policy have been published in Jehovah s… …

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  • 17The Devil's Child — is a 1997 television movie, airing on the U.S. cable network Lifetime Television.PlotThe mother of Nikki DeMarco (Kim Delaney) makes a pact with Satan to save her daughter s life after she has fallen from a building and nearly died. While a… …

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  • 18The Machine's Child — infobox Book | name = The Machine s Child title orig = translator = image caption = First edition hardback cover, 2006 author = Kage Baker illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = The Company genre =… …

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  • 19Sub-replacement fertility — is a total fertility rate (TFR) that (if sustained) leads to each new generation being less populous than the previous one in a given area. In developed countries sub replacement fertility is any rate below approximately 2.1 children born per… …

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  • 20UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, country in N. America. This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction Colonial Era, 1654–1776 Early National Period, 1776–1820 German Jewish Period, 1820–1880 East European Jewish Period,… …

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