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Widowerhood :: Widowerhood (n.) The state of being a widower.

Widowing :: Widowing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wido.

Suttee :: Suttee (n.) A Hindoo widow who immolates herself, or is immolated, on the funeral pile of her husband; -- so called because this act of self-immolation is regarded as envincing excellence of wifely character..

Quarantine :: Quarantine (n.) The period of forty days during which the widow had the privilege of remaining in the mansion house of which her husband died seized.

Sequester :: Sequester (v. i.) To renounce (as a widow may) any concern with the estate of her husband.

Widower :: Widower (n.) A man who has lost his wife by death, and has not married again..

Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To endow with a widow's right.

Vidual :: Vidual (a.) Of or pertaining to the state of a widow; widowed.

Widow :: Widow (v. t.) To become, or survive as, the widow of..

Sutteeism :: Suttee (n.) The act of burning a widow on the funeral pile of her husband.

Duchess :: Duchess (n.) The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right..

Chuck-will''s-widow :: Chuck-Will's-widow (n.) A species of goatsucker (Antrostomus Carolinensis), of the southern United States; -- so called from its note..

Whidah Bird :: Whidah bird () Any one of several species of finchlike birds belonging to the genus Vidua, native of Asia and Africa. In the breeding season the male has very long, drooping tail feathers. Called also vida finch, whidah finch, whydah bird, whydah finch, widow bird, and widow finch..

Widowly :: Widowly (a.) Becoming or like a widow.

Widowhood :: Widowhood (n.) Estate settled on a widow.

Dowager :: Dowager (n.) A widow endowed, or having a jointure; a widow who either enjoys a dower from her deceased husband, or has property of her own brought by her to her husband on marriage, and settled on her after his decease..

Dower :: Dower (n.) That portion of the real estate of a man which his widow enjoys during her life, or to which a woman is entitled after the death of her husband..

Attendant :: Attendant (v. t.) Depending on, or owing duty or service to; as, the widow attendant to the heir..

Widow-wail :: Widow-wail (n.) A low, narrowleaved evergreen shrub (Cneorum tricoccon) found in Southern Europe..

Widow-maker :: Widow-maker (n.) One who makes widows by destroying husbands.

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