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 oryour ).

2. the rank of a lady.

Ladyship

/ ˈleɪdɪʃɪp /

noun

1. a title used to address or refer to any peeress except a duchess

Word History and Origins

Origin of Ladyship¹

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

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.”

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

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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’.

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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.

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“Go, my dear,” cried her mother, “and show her ladyship about the different walks. I think she will be pleased with the hermitage.”

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