manhood

IPA: mˈænhʊd

The state or condition of being a human being.
The state or condition of being a man.
All of the men of a given place, area, or any human subgroup (ethnicity, nation, race, religion, family, work crew or ship's crew, etc.) regarded collectively.
The idealized nature of a man: all of the characteristics traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness regarded collectively.
The self-concept of a man being with respect to his possession of the various qualities traditionally and ideally ascribed to manliness; a man's sense or view of himself as being more or less manly.
(euphemistic) The male genitalia, especially the penis.

Examples of "manhood" in Sentences

The great world which I knew in my boyhood and early manhood is gone.
"And the two boys lost their best friend and an example of what manhood is really about."
For Mr. McAllister one measure of manhood is the willingness to face an enemy and mete out punishment without flinching.
It seems to me that what you term your manhood was composed largely of pride, conceit, ignorance of yourself, and inexperience of the world.
And now, in manhood, my brother commits a lurid act, an act repulsive to me, one capable of arousing emotions of anger, of bitterness, of hatred.
Needless to say, viewers were left to ponder if Spitzer's manhood is large enough to accommodate a future appearance on "Unfinished Business" starring Ms Dupré.
It's unclear exactly what "men" entails, and it seems like everyone's imitating someone else, and not even the biological men have worked out what their manhood is all about.
As I have read the comments negatively addressing HuntingMom3, I must say I feel sorry for you guys who understand so little of what true manhood is that you would feel you need to defend yourselves against a Mother with valid concerns.
Like most very young men Copplestone on arriving at what he called manhood (by which he meant the age of twenty-one years), had drawn up for himself a code of ethics, wherein he had mentally scheduled certain things to be done and certain things not to be done.