wifedom noun2 •The condition of marriage for a woman."In your view of wifedom,” I began, “is the wife to acknowledge having a personality and will of her own, or do you see her as simply being responsive to her. . .her husband? — 1991 •A woman's devotion to meeting the needs and/or desires of another, as if they were a marriage partner.We suspect that Mr. Dixon has exaggerated both the extent and intensity of the defiance of common sense as well as common decency which spiritual wifedom implies. — 1868
