Ladyhood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    the quality or state of being a lady or ladylike. uncountable

    "If you were, you would have no carriages to ride in, and your daughters would be what Martha and Mary and Lydia and Dorcas were, and their title to ladyhood founded on their degrees of goodness." ""

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"If you were, you would have no carriages to ride in, and your daughters would be what Martha and Mary and Lydia and Dorcas were, and their title to ladyhood founded on their degrees of goodness." ""

Etymology

From lady + -hood.

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