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widowhood
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Johnson clung to her memory during a widowhood of
more than thirty years. --Leslie
Stephen.
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2. Estate settled on a widow. [Obs.] "I 'll assure her of her
widowhood . . . in all my lands." --Shak.
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