lordship

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The state or condition of being a lord.

   • For example, we know that Alfred did connect land tenure with lordship and that he was particularly interested in questions of military service[…]
   • Lordship entails both privilege and responsibility. Lords have power over their subjects, but that power is granted them so that they can protect and provide for others.
2. 2

   Title applied to a lord, bishop, judge, or another man with a title.

   • May I ask that the order be granted, if your lordship so pleases?
   • 'He's had his bath,' she said. 'He's just had his bath, bless his little lordship's heart.'
   • Charles had not been employed above six months at Darracott Place, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.
3. 3

   A man (sometimes a boy) who is behaving in a seigneurial manner or acting like a lord,…

   A man (sometimes a boy) who is behaving in a seigneurial manner or acting like a lord, behaving in a bossy manner or lording it up

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   1. 4

      Seigniory

      Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.

      • What lands and lordships for their owner know / My quondam barber, but his worship now.
      • […]for whose ransom he compelled Lord Percy to build the castle of Punnoon, in the lordship of Eaglesham.
   2. 5

      Dominion

      Dominion; power; authority.

      • But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.

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