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Lady [fr. h'f dig,Sax., loaf-day, which words have in time been contracted into the present appellation]. It was the fashion for the lady of the manor, once a week or oftener, to distribute to her poor neighbours, with her own hands, a certain quantity of bread. The title is borne by the wives of knights, and of all barons and knightly degrees above them, either in their own right, or by courtesy, except the wives of bishops; but see DAME.