widowhood – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
widowhood
n.
state of being a widow, condition of being a woman whose husband has died
Widow
A
widow is a woman whose
spouse has died, while a
widower is a man in that situation. The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed
widowhood. These terms are not applied to a person after he or she becomes divorced from their former spouse, though they may sometimes be used after the former spouse has died.
widowhood
Noun
1. the time of a woman's life when she is a widow
(hypernym) time of life
2. the state of being a widow who has not remarried
(hypernym) marital status
Widowhood
(n.)
The state of being a widow; the time during which a woman is widow; also, rarely, the state of being a widower.
(n.)
Estate settled on a widow.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Widow, Widowhood, Widower
WIDOW, WIDOWHOOD, WIDOWER - An unmarried woman whose husband is dead.
In legal writings, widow is an addition given to a woman who is unmarried and whose husband is dead. The addition of spinster is given to a woman who never was married.
WIDOWHOOD - The state of a man whose wife is dead or of a woman whose husband is dead. In general there is no law to regulate the time during whichh a man must remain a widower, or a woman a widow, before they marry a second time. The term widowhood is mostly applied to the state or condition of a widow.
WIDOWER - A man whose wife is dead. A widower has a right to administer to his wife's separate estate, and as her administrator to collect debts due to her, generally for his own use.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
