† viduˈation Obs. rare.
[f. L. viduāre: cf. prec. and -ation.]
The state of being widowed or bereaved.
| 1653 Waterhouse Apol. Learn. 149 (T.), Their triumphs rise from the church's viduation, from her learning's contempt and prosternation. [1656 Blount Glossogr., Viduation, a dividing, a leaving alone, a depriving, a making widow.] |