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Widowhood

Widowhood Meaning & Definition
Widowhood Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Widowhood?

[n] the state of being a widow who has not remarried
[n] the time of a woman's life when she is a widow

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See Also | marital status | time of life

Widowhood In Webster's Dictionary

\Wid"ow*hood\, n. 1. The state of being a widow; the time during which a woman is widow; also, rarely, the state of being a widower. Johnson clung to her memory during a widowhood of more than thirty years. --Leslie Stephen. 2. Estate settled on a widow. [Obs.] ``I 'll assure her of her widowhood . . . in all my lands.'' --Shak.

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