释义 |
† viduˈation Obs. rare. [f. L. viduāre: cf. prec. and -ation.] The state of being widowed or bereaved.
1653Waterhouse Apol. Learn. 149 (T.), Their triumphs rise from the church's viduation, from her learning's contempt and prosternation. [1656Blount Glossogr., Viduation, a dividing, a leaving alone, a depriving, a making widow.] |