queenship

A monarch's female status

Queenship is the state, office, or dignity of being a queen.

The term appears in discussions of monarchy and royal history: Her queenship lasted forty years.

It can also describe the qualities or bearing associated with queens: She carried herself with an air of queenship.

monarchy

crown

Sovereign's ornamental headpiece

  • throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
  • coronationCeremony installing a sovereign
  • regaliaCeremonial emblems of authority

scepter · dynasty · realm · kingdom · sovereignty · court · succession · regent · consort · empress

feminine

matriarch

Female family leader

womanhood · maternal · nurturing · ladyship · dame · gynarchy

authority

reign

Sovereign's time in power

  • ruleGoverning principle or standard
  • powerEnergy transfer rate
  • commandAuthoritative instruction given

leadership · influence · dominion · sovereignty · governance · majesty · supremacy · authority · statecraft · regency

dignity

grace

Effortless beauty of motion

grandeur · majesty · composure · refinement · decorum · nobility · prestige · regal bearing · demeanor · distinction

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Opposites
royal rank/status

queenshipkingship

Royal dominion status

peasantry · serfdom · princesshood · vassalage · commonality

power and significance

queenshippowerlessness

Inability to affect outcomes

servitude · subjection · subjugation · insignificance · obscurity

Family

queen, queens, queenly, queening, queenliness, queendom, queenhood, queendoms

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