widowhood in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for widowhood in the English»French Dictionary

widowhood [Brit ˈwɪdəʊhʊd, Am ˈwɪdoʊˌhʊd] N

widowhood

veuvage m

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veuvage (état de veuve)

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veuvage (d'une veuve)

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After bathing, they put on white saris as a mark of their widowhood.

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She began seriously to collect plants in the 1690s, and her interest in gardening intensified in her widowhood.

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In grief-stricken widowhood she largely closed herself away from the world.

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Because of her widowhood, she endured financial hardship while continually worrying about her three children's lives.

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It was intended to ensure her livelihood in widowhood, and it was to be kept separate and in the wife's possession.

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From then onward, the devadasi is considered a "nitya sumangali": a woman eternally free from the adversity of widowhood.

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A greater number of marriages ended in divorce than in death or widowhood during that time.

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Prior to the independence, women were only allowed to act as their childrens guardians until the age of seven in cases of separation of widowhood.

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Her marriage, from betrothal to widowhood, is described in just nine lines at the conclusion of the first chapter of her autobiography.

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Both women were eventually freed by widowhood; but by then the men who had truly loved them were committed to others and beyond their reach.

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