Dowagerism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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


                                                    --Thackeray.
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