womanhood
    n 1: the state of being an adult woman [syn: womanhood,
         muliebrity]
    2: women as a class; "it's an insult to American womanhood";
       "woman is the glory of creation"; "the fair sex gathered on
       the veranda" [syn: womanhood, woman, fair sex]
    3: the status of a woman

Womanhood \Wom"an*hood\, n.
   1. The state of being a woman; the distinguishing character
      or qualities of a woman, or of womankind.
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            Unspotted faith, and comely womanhood. --Spenser.
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            Perhaps the smile and the tender tone
            Came out of her pitying womanhood.    --Tennyson.
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   2. Women, collectively; womankind.
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