'Widowhood' definitions:
Definition of 'widowhood'
(from WordNet)
noun
The time of a woman's life when she is a widow
noun
The state of being a widow who has not remarried
Definition of 'Widowhood'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Johnson clung to her memory during a widowhood of more than thirty years. --Leslie Stephen. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Estate settled on a widow. [Obs.] "I 'll assure her of her widowhood . . . in all my lands." --Shak. [1913 Webster]