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widowity

widowity noun: synonym of widowhood.

Noun

widowity (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of widowhood.
    • After the Huſbands deceaſe, the Wife did by the Civil Law enjoy her Huſbands precedency during her Widowity, but if ſhe marry to a perſon of inferiour quality, ſhe loſes that Precedency, L. 8. de Senat. which holds with Us and in England;1680, George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh, “The Precedency due to Women”, in Observations upon the Laws and Customs of Nations, as to Precedency, Edinburgh: […] the Heir of Andrew Anderson, […], page 58
    • […]make nominat and conſtitute the ſaid W. my Spouſe to be ſole Tutrix & Teſtamentrix during her Widowity allennerly to my ſaid Daughter, for guiding and governing her perſon and Eſtate during her Pupillarity, and failing of her by Marriage or Death, I nominat and appoint F. G. H. I. K. and L. or...1702, “An Latter Will and Teſtament”, in A Compend or Abreviat of the most important Ordinary Securities of, and concerning. Rights Personal and Real, Redeemable and Irredeemable; of common Use in...
    Synonyms:
    widowhood

Synonyms of widowity

Origin of widowity

From widow + -ity.

Questions about widowity

What does widowity mean?
Widowity means synonym of widowhood.
What part of speech is widowity?
Widowity is a noun.

Words near widowity in the dictionary

  1. widowhead
  2. widowhood
  3. widowhoods
  4. widowing
  5. widowish
  6. widowity
  7. widowlike
  8. widowly
  9. widowmaker
  10. widowmakers
  11. widowman

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