widowhood in English

noun
1
the state or period of being a widow or widower.
Provided that this has been purchased for a period of 13 weeks prior to widowhood, the sum of 10s weekly will be paid during the remainder of life or period of widowhood .

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1. (Jeremiah 51:29) She will also suffer widowhood in that her kings will be dethroned.

2. First, the widowhood effect was not restricted to husbands and wives.

3. What can friends and relatives do to assist those adjusting to widowhood?

4. Results are discussed within the context of older female sexuality, Affectional adaptation to widowhood, and therapeutic implications directed at this neglected group

5. "Unintended Bigamies: Holy Widowhood, Marriage, and Sponsa Christi in Erasmus's De Vidua Christiana," Harvard Theological Review 110:2 (2017): 241-264 more

6. Can a young woman... after the odyssey of a widowhood endured for the love of country hope for protection in the shelter of a new life?

7. Can a young woman... after the odyssey of a widowhood endured for the love of country... hope for protection in the shelter of a new life?

8. 1 Now his wife Anna lamented with two lamentations, and bewailed herself with two Bewailings, saying: I will bewail my widowhood, and I will bewail my childlessness

9. The divorce rate is around 40% and the average age of widowhood is around 56 ; both forms of " losing " husbands are hazardous to women 's financial health .

10. II Now his wife Anna lamented with two lamentations, and bewailed herself with two Bewailings, saying: I will bewail my widowhood, and I will bewail my childlessness

11. Such customs as wake keeping, funeral celebrations, funeral anniversaries, sacrifices for the dead, and widowhood rites are all unclean and displeasing to God because they are linked to the unscriptural, demonic teaching that the soul or spirit does not die.

12. 1 . Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family , including food , clothing , housing and medical care and necessary social services , and the right to security in the event of unemployment , sickness , disability , widowhood , old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control .