noun
definition
The state or period of being a widow or widower.
Examples of widowhood in a Sentence
In her 40 years on the series, Viki has struggled with rape, divorce, stroke, breast cancer, love, loss and widowhood.
To prevent brothers-in-law from extorting money from a widow as a price for releasing her from perpetual widowhood, Jewish law obliges all brothers at the time of a marriage to sign a document pledging themselves to submit to halisah without payment.
Under the laws of Maine a householder owning and occupying a house and lot may hold the same, or such part of it as does not exceed $500 in value, as a homestead exempt from attachment, except for the satisfaction of liens for labour or material, by filing in the registry of deeds a certificate stating his desire for such an exemption, provided he is not the owner of an exempted lot purchased from the state; and the exemption may be continued during the widowhood of his widow or the minority of his children.
People are spending more of their lives living on their own -- through choice, through lengthening life spans and widowhood.