housewifery

[ hous-wahy-fuh-ree, -wahyf-ree ]

/ ˈhaʊsˌwaɪ fə ri, -ˌwaɪf ri /

the function or work of a housewife; housekeeping.

Origin of housewifery

First recorded in 1400–50, housewifery is from the late Middle English word huswyfery. See housewife, -ery

But, with true Maryland housewifery, she must personally see to all the details of the annual flitting.

Dorothy |Evelyn Raymond
The excellent order in which this is always kept, speaks highly for the industry, housewifery, and skill of the women.

Cyprus |Franz von Lher
Schools of housewifery for the training of mountain peasant girls for domestic service.

One Irish Summer |William Eleroy Curtis
And in a few moments the old lady scuttled in, bearing the looking-glass—a triumph of New England housewifery!

Historic Towns of the Western States |Various

He stopped crying in order to watch them, for their housewifery interested him vastly.

The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume IV (of 8) |Guy de Maupassant