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Wifeliness

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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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