a most revered lady, Lady of … (also used figuratively) · for the feminine name and Holy Mary's epithet see Δέσποινα (Déspoina)
çekim: çoğul δέσποινες · tamlayan δέσποινας
köken: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δέσποινα (déspoina, “lady of the house, mistress”), female counterpart to δεσπότης (despótēs). Compare to Δέσποινα f (Déspoina, “Lady (epithet for Holy Mary); feminine name”).