Category:Widowhood

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.