ladyship
/ˈleɪ.di.ʃɪp/ noun C2- Term of respect for a woman of the peerage without using her title. · "Her ladyship will be unable to attend tonight," he said, with a wink because he hadn't said why.
- Formal form of address for a lady judge (as opposed to the informal "judge").
Plural ladyships
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“The garden in which stands my humble abode is separated only by a lane from Rosings Park, her Ladyship’s residence.”
Her Ladyship seemed pleased with the idea; and you may imagine that I am happy on every occasion to offer those little delicate compliments which are always acceptable to ladies.
These are the kind of little things which please her Ladyship, and it is a sort of attention which I conceive myself peculiarly bound to pay.”
Collins,” said she, “speaks highly both of Lady Catherine and her daughter; but, from some particulars that he has related of her Ladyship, I suspect his gratitude misleads him; and that, in spite of her being his patroness, she is an arrogant, conceited woman.”
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