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wife⋅hood

  [wahyf-hood]
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–noun
1. the state of being a wife.
2. wifely character or quality; wifeliness.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME wifhood, OE wīfhād. See wife, -hood
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wife   (wīf)   
n.   pl. wives (wīvz)
A woman joined to another person in marriage; a female spouse.

[Middle English wif, from Old English wīf; see ghwībh- in Indo-European roots.]
wife'hood' n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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