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LADYSHIP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A title used to address any peeress except a duchess
Example:
Her Ladyship
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Ladyship" is a kind of...):
title (an appellation signifying nobility)
Context examples:
The mistress sent her maid for a small dram cup, which held about two gallons, and filled it with drink; I took up the vessel with much difficulty in both hands, and in a most respectful manner drank to her ladyship’s health, expressing the words as loud as I could in English, which made the company laugh so heartily, that I was almost deafened with the noise.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
“Let me have the pleasure of finishing that speech to your ladyship,” said he.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Elizabeth had mentioned her name to her mother on her ladyship's entrance, though no request of introduction had been made.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
“I heard of your ladyship’s sad loss,” said my father.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Your ladyship places me in a very delicate position.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She declared them to be very agreeable girls indeed, which for her ladyship was enthusiastic admiration.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
She had been the only one of the set absent, for Sir Walter and Elizabeth had not only been quite at her ladyship's service themselves, but had actually been happy to be employed by her in collecting others, and had been at the trouble of inviting both Lady Russell and Mr Elliot; and Mr Elliot had made a point of leaving Colonel Wallis early, and Lady Russell had fresh arranged all her evening engagements in order to wait on her.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
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.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
I hope your ladyship is pleased with the game.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Mrs. Bennet assured her that they never sat there after dinner, and then added: May I take the liberty of asking your ladyship whether you left Mr. and Mrs. Collins well.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
