Wifeliness
696. Wifeliness (See also Domesticity.)
- Amoret Sir Scudamore’s wife; loving and ever-devoted. [Br. Lit.: Faerie Queene ]
- Arundhati example of the ideal Hindu wife. [Hindu Legend: Benét, 56]
- Billy Boy question-and-answer ballad pointing up merits of possible bride. [Br. and Am. Folklore: Leach, 139]
- Martha personification of the busy housekeeper. [N.T.: Luke 10:39]
- Penelope a model of wifely virtue. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey ]
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