Elect lady

To whom the Second Epistle of John is addressed (2 John 1:1). Some think that the word rendered "lady" is a proper name, and thus that the expression should be "elect Kyria."

Noah Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language

1. (n.) A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.

2. (n.) A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord.

3. (n.) A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart.

4. (n.) A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right.

5. (n.) A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman.

6. (n.) A wife; -- not now in approved usage.

7. (n.) The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates.

8. (a.) Belonging or becoming to a lady; ladylike.

9. (n.) The day of the annunciation of the Virgin Mary, March 25. See Annunciation.