1) Dear woman, Elizabethan-style 
• (n.) A little lady; -- applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth`s time, in the abbreviated form Lakin, to the Virgin Mary.
La'dy·kin noun [ Lady + - kin .] A little lady; -- applied by the writers of Queen Elizabeth's time, in the abbreviated form Lakin , to the Virgin Mary. » The diminutive does not refer to size, but is equivalent to 'dear.' Brewer.