Pronunciation:
[rel-ikt] •
(noun)
Alternate Forms: relicta
Related Resources:
Birth, Marriage & Death Records Wills,
Estates and Probate
Definition:
a widow, a woman whose husband has died and who has not married again.
Related Terms
• dower
• relictus
• vidua
• viduus
• widow
• widower
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