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age of reason

noun

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  1. Seven years of age, at which age a person is morally liable for the sins that they commit.

    • Since the Church has traditionally understood the age of reason to be seven years old, your daughter would not be too young to receive confirmation at age eight.

  2. Age at which a person is able to distinguish right from wrong and make their own…

    Age at which a person is able to distinguish right from wrong and make their own decisions.

  3. Alternative letter-case form of Age of Reason

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    1. Synonym of Age of Enlightenment

      • It suited some thinkers in the eighteenth-century Age of Reason to look down on the Middle Ages as a primitive and backward time when men believed that the world was flat.

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