Definition of "queenhood" []

• The state, rank, or status of a queen. (noun)
• The dignity of character becoming a queen. (noun)

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• "I who have ‘gone the gamut’ from an almost angry rejection of my dark skin … to a surprised queenhood in the new black sun — am qualified to enter at least the kindergarten of new consciousness now."
• "They would typically have two routes to queenhood - either be the heir to the throne and reign in the own name, like QE II, or marry into it."
• "This queen, she found was very sad, and very longing, and very lonely, three things she thought queenhood exempt from, sadness, and longing and loneliness."