wifehood

American  

[wahyf-hood] / ˈwaɪf hʊd /

noun

1. the state of being a wife.

2. wifely character or quality; wifeliness.

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Etymology

Origin of wifehood

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

Example Sentences

Wrote Jenness Miller: “No man has the right to force childbearing upon a woman because she is his wife. Wifehood is a sacred obligation, and the marriage bond is degraded when it becomes a slave’s chain to drag a woman’s spirit and body into unwilling captivity.”

From Washington Post

What really stuck out to me about the film was how Amy was essentially being prepared for adulthood and wifehood in her home, from her cultural lens.

From Slate

Her surrender to wifehood and motherhood has turned her into what appears at first to be the least interesting person in the original trio of friends, particularly now that her ghastly husband has fallen prey to some sort of irritating illness that requires her constant attention.

From New York Times

In an interview there years ago, Miss Tate said of Sebring: “Before Roman Polanski, her husband, I guess I was in love with Jay. But the truth is I was no good for Jay. I’m not organized. I’m too flighty. Jay needs a wife. And at 23, I’m not ready for wifehood. I still have to live, and Roman is trying to show me how.”

From Seattle Times

Her Graham Greene existence, with its typewriter, revolver and most particularly its fleas, was a far cry from the life her conventional, well-heeled British parents had envisioned for her — one of quiet propriety, dutiful wifehood, charity balls and hunting.

From New York Times