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# ladyship

«ladyship» in Mova's school dictionary: **the title used to speak politely to a lady of high rank:…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (ladyship, ladyships)

### meaning for a pupil

Ladyship is the title used to speak politely to a lady of high rank: «your ladyship» means a polite way of saying you to her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ladyship/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in old stories servants speak to rich ladies with «your ladyship»; it is an old use

### examples

- Yes, your ladyship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ladyship/#x1)
- The servant bowed to her ladyship. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ladyship/#x2)
- Her ladyship will have the carriage now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ladyship/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ladyship» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/ladyship/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.