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Dowagerism

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dowagerism \Dow"a*ger*ism\, n.
   The rank or condition of a dowager; formality, as that of a
   dowager. Also used figuratively.

         Mansions that have passed away into dowagerism.
                                                  --Thackeray.
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