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A widow (female) or widower (male) is a person whose spouse has died and has usually not remarried. The male form, "widower", is first attested in the 14th century, by the 19th century supplanting "widow" with reference to men. [1] The adjective for either sex is widowed.
If she is widowed when her children are young, she is obliged to marry her deceased husband's brother. This form of marriage is called levirate. Sororate marriage is another custom: When a man loses his wife before she bears a child or she dies leaving young children, her lineage provides another wife to the man, usually a younger sister with a ...
Many widows enter an inheritance contract for companionship and social, economic, and emotional support, and widow inheritance for these purposes is generally long-term and monogamous. Widow inheritance for the purpose of executing a sexual ritual or "cleansing" is generally short-term and often involves more inheritors. [11]
“Bridget is alone once again, widowed four years ago, when Mark (Colin Firth) was killed on a humanitarian mission in the Sudan,” the logline reads. “She’s now a single mother to 9-year ...
She was a member of the tribe of Asher. She was widowed after seven years of marriage (her husband is not named). She was a devout Asherite Hebrew who regularly practiced prayer and fasting. Luke describes Anna as "very old". Many Bibles and older commentaries interpret the New Testament text to state that she was 84 years old. [1] [2]
For weeks, LAPD Robbery Homicide Division investigators surveilled the widow and Baker as they became suspects, observing them together in cars, bars, a comedy club, and on a luxury trip to Las Vegas.
María Elena Holly (née Santiago; born December 20, 1932) [1] is the widow of American rock and roll pioneer Buddy Holly.As a receptionist at Peermusic, she met with Holly and his band the Crickets on June 19, 1958, and Holly proposed to her after five hours on their first date.
A widow whose husband was caught up in the Post Office Horizon scandal is calling for compensation payments for victims to be speeded up after she received her husband's offer of redress days ...