WIDOWHOOD
widowhood
(noun) the state of being a widow who has not remarried
widowhood
(noun) the time of a woman’s life when she is a widow
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
widowhood (countable and uncountable, plural widowhoods)
The state or period of being a widow or widower.
Source: Wiktionary
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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