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View synonyms for ladyship

ladyship

[ ley-dee-ship ]

noun

  1. (often initial capital letter) the form used in speaking of or to a woman having the title of Lady (usually preceded by her or your ).
  2. the rank of a lady.


Ladyship

/ ˈleɪdɪʃɪp /

noun

  1. preceded byyour or her a title used to address or refer to any peeress except a duchess
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ladyship1

Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; lady, -ship
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Example Sentences

“Still, since Camilla is going to end up as Her Ladyship, married to Lord Peter Henslowe and living in two castles and their London place, I will naturally make my home with them. Camilla and I have never been parted, you know. We’ll be quite English. And I assume there’ll be servants.”

Connie, for all her talent and ingenuity, has no social identity beyond her ladyship.

If Amy had been here, she’d have turned her back on him forever because, sad to relate, he had a great appetite, and shoveled in his dinner in a manner which would have horrified ‘her ladyship’.

The minute she put her eyes upon Amy, Meg became conscious that her own dress hadn’t a Parisian air, that young Mrs. Moffat would be entirely eclipsed by young Mrs. Laurence, and that ‘her ladyship’ was altogether a most elegant and graceful woman.

“Were it certain that Lady Catherine would think so,” said Mr. Collins very gravely—“but I cannot imagine that her ladyship would at all disapprove of you. And you may be certain when I have the honour of seeing her again, I shall speak in the very highest terms of your modesty, economy, and other amiable qualification.”

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