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.
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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