Definitions
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- n. the state of being a widow; widowhood
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. Widowhood.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Widowhood.
Etymologies
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Examples
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However, he picks up a reticule, which the thief in his fright has dropped, discovers in it the address he wants, and actually ventures to call on Madame Caroline Derville, who possesses, in addition to viduity, all the other attractions catalogued above.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century
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The charter proceeds upon the resig - nation of Christian More, domiiia Bruntshiel, in her pure viduity, and bears date at Tillibody the 15th of July of the year 1416.
Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical
andotherpoems commented on the word viduity
December 9, 2006