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housewivery

housewivery is the alternative form of housewifery.

Meaning of housewifery

Noun

housewifery (usually uncountable, plural housewiferies)

  1. (dated, usually) The state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills.
    • Meronym: housework
    Synonyms:
    housewifeship
  2. (obsolete, usually) Synonym of household goods.
    • Holonym: householdry

Questions about housewivery

What is housewivery the alternative form of?
Housewivery is the alternative form of housewifery.

Words near housewivery in the dictionary

  1. housewindow
  2. housewindows
  3. housewive
  4. housewived
  5. housewively
  6. housewivery
  7. housewives
  8. housewiving
  9. housewivish
  10. housewoman
  11. housework

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Adapted from Wiktionary: housewivery (page history and authors); housewifery (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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