n. 1. The state of being a widow; the time during which a woman is widow; also, rarely, the state of being a widower. [ 1913 Webster ]
Johnson clung to her memory during a widowhood of more than thirty years. Leslie Stephen. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Estate settled on a widow. [ Obs. ] “I 'll assure her of her widowhood . . . in all my lands.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]