damehood
Noun
Meaning
damehood (countable and uncountable, plural damehoods)
The fact or condition of being a dame.
Examples
Her efforts were recognised in 1936 when she was given a Damehood.
She was granted an honorary LLD by the University of St Andrews in 1899, citation awarded a damehood ( GBE ) in 1925, and died four years later, in 1929.
They were granted an honorary damehood and knighthood respectively while still American citizens, and converted them to substantive awards after they assumed British nationality, becoming Dame Marjorie and Sir Yehudi.