lexis4u: Widowhood

Thematic Vocabulary Unit Nº 259 v.0.3 with 11 defintions, 2 synomyms and 19 examples related to widowhood.

Main Defintions

widowhood |n| the state or period of being a widow or widower.
"Nothing can prepare you for the shock and grief of widowhood."
burial |n| the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave.
"We went back to Ireland for my uncle's burial."
funeral |n| a ceremony held shortly after a person's death, usually including the person's burial or cremation.
"In many countries, it is a convention to wear black at funerals."
"A clergyman friend of the family conducted the funeral."
"The family held a private funeral."
"The funeral was held in St Mary's Church."
"He read out a poem at her funeral."
will 1 |n| the faculty by which a person decides on and initiates action.
will 2 / testament |n| a legal document containing instructions for the disposition of one's money and property after one's death.
"She left me some money in her will."
"When she remarried, she made a new will."
sympathy |n| feeling of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune.
"She said that she was deeply moved by all the letters of sympathy she had received."
"All Tom's friends joined in sending their sympathies to his widow Ana."
"I went along to the funeral in order to offer my sympathies."
condolences |n| an expression of sympathy, especially on the occasion of a death.
"They sent their condolences."
"A letter of condolence."
"Our condolences go to his wife and family".

widow / widow woman |n| a woman whose husband is dead especially one who has not remarried.
"The war widowed many women in the former Yugoslavia."
"She is a member of a benevolent society for sailors' widows."
widower |n| a man whose wife is dead especially one who has not remarried.
mourner |n| a person who attends a funeral as a relative or friend of the dead person.
"Over 300 mourners attended the funera."
"Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of the two boys."