wifehood

[ wahyf-hoo d ]

/ ˈwaɪf hʊd /

the state of being a wife.

wifely character or quality; wifeliness.

Origin of wifehood

1350–1400; Middle English wifhood, Old English wīfhād. See wife, -hood

wiesel, wiesenthal, wife, wife swapping, wife-beater, wifehood, wifelike, wifely, wifey, wig, wig out

At such moments she decided God had designed her to be only a daughter, and wifehood had no alluring charms, no rosy glamour.

A Speckled Bird |Augusta J. Evans Wilson
The eldest early assumed the burdens of wifehood and maternity.

Fairy Fingers |Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
Shall these women, it is asked, be denied motherhood as well as wifehood?

The Family and it's Members |Anna Garlin Spencer
What standard of womanhood and wifehood remained to such men?

The Art of Disappearing |John Talbot Smith

Involuntarily she slipped from her left hand the symbol of her wifehood.

A Changed Man and Other Tales |Thomas Hardy