Wittum

Later it was a grant from the husband to the woman to provide for her in widowhood (Doarium, Dotalicium, Vidualicium, jointure), mostly made in usufruct for life on land (Witwengut).

In order to free the noble nuns of any work, the monasteries received courtyards along with serfs to supply the ladies.

In this context, the term "Widumshof" has been transferred to the parish where a "Pfarrhof" served as an economic basis for the priest.

In Bavaria and Tirol Widum or Widdum is the term for the immovable assets of the parish benefice, and especially for the rectory.

[6] Widum emerged today, albeit in modified form, as a local road or field name to, and in Austria as a designation of the residential and commercial buildings of a Catholic parish.