Definition: The word 'Adaliah' in English means 'a widow, a widow's mother' or 'a widow that had been divorced.' It was a title given to an unmarried person who married someone else. Adaliah was often used as a derogatory term for widows, referring to them as unworthy or incapable of supporting their families on their own. The word Adaliah is derived from the Arabic word adila (الدلي) which means "a widow" and al-habibi (الدببي) meaning "miser". The term was originally used to describe a widowed person who had remarried, but it has since been used in place of a widow's mother or widow's maid.