spousedom

spousedom

English

Etymology

spouse +‎ -dom

Noun

spousedom (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being a spouse.
   • 1851, "A Little Stimulant — A Temperance Tale", Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 2, Number 9, February 1851, page 363:

     Walter, yet new in his spousedom, was more amenable than an older hand ; but Rosa had no want of anxiety in this her first dinner-party.

   • 2009, Lily Burana, I Love a Man in Uniform: A Memoir of Love, War, and Other Battles, Hachette Book Group (2009), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

     The marketing of military spousedom was impressively wide-ranging: stickers, teddy bears, ball caps, jewelry, key chains. A bumper sticker stating, “Half my heart is in Iraq” was hotly debated in the online forums as a show of loving tribute or a way to turn your car into stalker bait.

   • 2012, Lily Rothman, "A Cultural History of Mansplaining", The Atlantic, 1 November 2012:

     John Adams, whose relationship with Abigail Adams is supposed to be a shining example of spousedom, mansplained the need to make husbands the legal masters of wives.