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Bachelorhood; also, a manner or peculiarity belonging to bachelors.  W.Irving.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Salvina was now audaciously aiming at the Bachelorhood of Arts, for which the Greek verbs were far more irregular.

From Ghetto Tragedies by Zangwill, Israel

Bachelorhood and spinsterhood are to be regarded as 'irregular'--conditions that must be explained in writing to the proper authorities.

From The Red Conspiracy by Mereto, Joseph J.

Perhaps she was still seventeen, studying the Greek verbs for the Bachelorhood of Arts, perhaps her mother was still a happy wife.

From Ghetto Tragedies by Zangwill, Israel