viduage
(ˈvɪdjuːɪdʒ)
[f. L. vidua widow: cf. next and -age.]
The condition of widowhood, viduity; widows collectively.
| 1832 Lamb Lett. xviii. (1865) 174 What can twenty votes do for one hundred and two widows? I cast my eyes hope⁓less among the viduage. 1894 Story of My Two Wives 67 One of the last acts of her viduage. |