What does ladyhood mean?
Ladyhood means the quality or state of being a lady or ladylike..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
the quality or state of being a lady or ladylike..
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." "
I saw myself in the full flower of young ladyhood, carrying at my side an awkward lad of a dozen years, attired in knickerbockers, and probably chewing a taffy stick, yet "wooing and loving as never man loved before."
But the effect of her voice, her ladyhood, and her command of this philosophy--those moved him.
Use ladyhood when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ladyhood means the quality or state of being a lady or ladylike..
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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." "
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