1. (n.) The state of a matron.

2. (n.) The collective body of matrons.

adulthood adultness age of consent distaff side driving age fair sex female sex femaleness feminacy feminality femineity feminineness femininity flower of age full age full bloom full growth fullgrownness gentlewomanliness girlishness grown-upness ladylikeness legal age legalis homo little-girlishness maidenhood maidenliness majority manhood manlihood matronage matronhood matronliness matronship mature age maturity muliebrity prime prime of life ripe age riper years second sex softer sex the eternal feminine toga virilis virility weaker sex weaker vessel woman womanishness womanity womankind womanlihood womanlikeness womanliness women womenfolk womenfolks years of discretion