husbandhoodn.
/ˈhʌzb(ə)ndhʊd/, U.S. /ˈhəzb(ə)n(d)ˌ(h)ʊd/ The condition or state of being a husband.
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c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock Donet (1921) 12 (MED) Vnbodili propurtees of bodili þingis..as ben..of persoones to-gider husbondhode and wijfhode.
1691 S. Nye Dr. Wallis's Let. Doctr. Trinity Answer'd 8/2 Here are indeed Three Persons, but only One Husband; the Husbandhood is but One, though the Persons are Three.
1796 J. White Orig. Lett. Sir J. Falstaff 81 Purge wittolly Husbandhood of it's humours, and let Housewifery appear most chaste.
1804 C. Lamb in Lett. (1976) II. 133 May your approaching husband-hood humanize you.
1863 A. J. Munby Diary 3 Feb. (1972) 148 The yearning..for husbandhood.
1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere I. ii. xii. 327 Husbandhood, fatherhood, and all the sacred education that flows from human joy.
1928 M. Connolly Mr. Blue iii. 50 In the ripe wisdom of noble husbandhood should lie, it seems to me, rare seeds of sanctity.
1970 W. Henry Spanking & Bondage vii. 157 The dominant girl friend who keeps her steady boy friend under control as part of his training for eventual husbandhood.
2011 Buffalo News (N.Y.) (Nexis) 28 July (Lifestyles section) c1 He married his high school sweetheart and went instantly into comfy husbandhood.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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