Obs. rare. [f. L. viduāre: cf. prec. and -ATION.] The state of being widowed or bereaved.
1653. Waterhouse, Apol. Learn., 149 (T.). Their triumphs rise from the church’s viduation, from her learning’s contempt and prosternation.
[1656. Blount, Glossogr., Viduation, a dividing, a leaving alone, a depriving, a making widow.]
