| widowhood | 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. "I 'll assure her of her widowhood . . . In all my lands." Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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