noun. Used with Your, Her, or Their as a title and form of address for a woman or women holding the rank of lady.

noun. The condition or rank of a lady.

noun. The rank or position of a lady; -- given as a title (preceded by her or your).

noun. Term of respect for a woman of the peerage without using her title.

noun. Formal form of address for a lady judge (as opposed to the informal "judge")

noun. a title used to address any peeress except a duchess

"_turned out_ -- so I must set my head to work against the head of the head master, who is at this present moment inditing a letter to her ladyship, beginning, no doubt, with, '_I am sorry to be obliged to take up my pen_,' or, '_I am concerned to be under the necessity of sitting down to inform your ladyship_.'"

lordship  your ladyship  

title  

Excellency  aunt  grandfather  grandmother  haner  

ladyhood