Maternity Definition

mə-tûrnĭ-tē
maternities
noun
maternities
The state of being a mother; motherhood.
Webster's New World
The character or qualities of a mother; motherliness.
Webster's New World
A maternity ward in a hospital.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Relating to or effective during pregnancy, childbirth, or the first months of motherhood.
A maternity dress; maternity leave.
American Heritage Medicine
For a woman when pregnant or around the time of giving birth.
Maternity dress, maternity leave.
Webster's New World
For the care of women giving birth and of newborn babies.
A maternity ward.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Maternity

Noun

Singular:
maternity
Plural:
maternities

Origin of Maternity

  • French maternité from Medieval Latin māternitās from Latin māternus maternal maternal

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from Latin māternitās.

    From Wiktionary

Maternity Sentence Examples

  • Didn't you realize you would have to buy some maternity clothes?

  • It has a Carnegie library (a branch of the public library of Cincinnati) and a Catholic maternity hospital.

  • Second, find out when the general manager of the fast food joint where she worked was returning from maternity leave.

  • Moreover, the more recent celebrity mom trend has been an inspiration to fields of both baby and maternity apparel, leading some designers to take a great interest in nursing bras.

  • If an employe is ill during her unpaid maternity leave she may be entitled to Statutory Sick Pay or state Incapacity Benefit.

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