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/spˈɪnstəhˌʊd/
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NOUN
- the state of being a spinster (usually an elderly unmarried woman)
How To Use spinsterhood In A Sentence
- The drama discussed major problems being faced by ignorant and uneducated women, like accepting misyar (no obligation) marriages out of fear of spinsterhood. Arabnews - frontpage
- Sympathetic murmurs greet this delicate reference to her own spinsterhood, and the hunters then move in for the kill.
- For most women, marriage used to bring a higher status than spinsterhood.
- Betty, the eldest and headed for spinsterhood, works as a nurse for Mike, a middle-aged medico married to the middle sister, Ann, who is pregnant and unhappy.