WIDOWHOOD

widowhood. Widowhood, n. the state of a widow or widower

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Wid″ow‐hood (?), n. 1. 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. 2. Estate settled on a widow. “I 'll assure her of her widowhood . . . in all my lands.” Shak.