ladies-in-waiting
plural oflady-in-waiting
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ladies-in-waiting
The first years, she found it difficult to adapt to the strict court etiquette and played children's games with herladies-in-waiting.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Her variousladies-in-waitingwere usually recruited from noble families; others were minor princesses who would also have a retinue of servants.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.However, she refused because, according to palace customs at the time, she was not allowed to leave the palace without being accompanied by herladies-in-waiting.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She preferred her husband's mistresses to beladies-in-waiting, as that way she believed she could keep a closer eye on them.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Other inhabitants of the court were the king's children and a multitude ofladies-in-waitingand servants.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She then joined herladies-in-waiting, who watched the battle praying for victory from the castle-walls.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In this time the imperial court patronized the poets, most of whom were courtiers orladies-in-waiting.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The sacred mirror was recovered in extremis when one of theladies-in-waitingwas about to jump with it into the sea.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His reasoning behind this is that they are the perfectladies-in-waiting, not overly intelligent, and honest.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Herladies-in-waitinghad already fled for their lives.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The first time, she finds out about his arrival and takes refuge into another wing of the house, where she surrounds herself with herladies-in-waiting.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She and herladies-in-waitingentertained themselves with art, embroidery, and music.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Finally, she is drawn from her reminiscing when she apparently suffers a stroke and collapses, with her advisers, courtiers andladies-in-waitingrushing to assist as she dies.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She set out establishing this select group of about eighty beautifulladies-in-waitingwhom she had dressed at all times like goddesses in silk and gold cloth.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sophia preferred a private life, such as dinners and musical soirees in the company of family members and herladies-in-waiting.
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