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Webster 1913 Edition


Widowhood

Wid′ow-hood

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Widowhood

WIDOWHOOD

,
Noun.
1.
The state of being a widow.
2.
Estate settled on a widow. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


widowhood

widowhood

English

Noun

widowhood (countable and uncountable, plural widowhoods)

  1. The state or period of being a widow or widower

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