WIDOWHOODS

Noun

widowhoods

plural of widowhood

Source: Wiktionary

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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition