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viduity|vɪˈdjuːɪtɪ|
Also 5 Sc., 6 viduite, 6–7 -tie.
[a. OF. viduite (AF. veduete; F. viduité = It. viduità), or ad. L. viduitās, f. vidua widow: see -ity.]
The state of being or remaining a widow; the time during which a woman is a widow; widowhood.
1420Indenture in J. Campbell Balmerino iv. i. (1867) 258 The said Sir Williame is oblist that he sal nocht trete the forsaid [Alesoun ?] of Murray..noither in virginite na viduite, til [alienate ?] ony parte of hir heritage fra the richtwiss airis. 1574Waterford Archives in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. V. 334 Every widowe shoulde have like benefitt..during her viduite... Aldermen's widowes shall have but a balives shift during their viduite. 1575in Agnew Sheriffs Galloway (1893) I. 404 Patrick McKie..shall infeft..Katheren Agnew..in her viduity in all and haill the lands of Larg. 1620Bp. Hall Honour Marr. Clergy i. vi, As for that other which hee imagines, a vow of continued viduitie, it was neither ‘faith’ nor ‘first’. 1647Trapp Comm. Corinthians 79 Yet doth not the apostle simply prefer virginity or viduity before marriage as better. a1726Gilbert Law Evidence (1791) 497 If a Woman, who has an Estate during Viduity, makes a Lease for Years [etc.]. 1729Macfarlane's Geneal. Coll. (S.H.S.) II. 101 Indenture betwixt Marion Oliphant in her Viduity on the One Part and Pat. Gray of Broxmouth on the other Part. a1856G. Outram Annuity, Lyrics (1874) 27 There I met a waesome wife Lamenting her viduity. 1896Abst. Protocols Town Clerks of Glasgow (1896) III. 9 note, Widows of rentallers in the barony were entitled to enjoy their husbands' lands during viduity. |