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Lamentin 'her viduity.

—The Book of Humorous Verse

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Widowhood. Bp. Hall, Honour of Married Clergy, i. § 6.

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Lamentin 'her viduity. — The Book of Humorous Verse
However, he picks up a reticule, which the thief in his fright has dropped, discovers in it the address he wants, and actually ventures to call on Madame Caroline Derville, who possesses, in addition to viduity, all the other attractions catalogued above. — A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century
Lamenting her viduity. — The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century

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from Latin viduita(t-)s, widowhood, from vidua, a widow: see widow.

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