wife

Also known as married woman

thumb|235x235px|''The Merchant's Wife'' (1918) by Boris Kustodiev

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Contents

Etymology
Changes after marriages
Related terminology
Termination of the status of a wife
Legal rights of the wife
Exchanges of goods or money
Changing of name upon marriage
Childbearing
Differences in cultures
Antiquity
Western cultures
Historical status
Contemporary status
Women's income affects the dynamics of heterosexual love relationships
Asia cultures
Hinduism
Buddhism and Chinese folk religions
Japan
Wife in Abrahamic religions
Wife in Christianity
Wife in Islam
Wife in Judaism
[[Rabbinic Judaism]]
[[Hebrew Bible]]
Expectation of fidelity and violence related to adultery
See also
References

thumb|235x235px|''The Merchant's Wife (1918) by Boris Kustodiev

A wife (: wives) is a woman in a marital relationship. A woman who has separated from her partner continues to be a wife until their marriage is legally dissolved with a divorce judgment; or until death, depending on the kind of marriage. On the death of her partner, a wife is referred to as a widow. The rights and obligations of a wife to her partner and her status in the community and law vary between cultures and have varied over time.

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