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unlordly

adj

Etymology

From un- + lordly.

  1. inherited from hlāfordlīċ
  2. inherited from lordly
  3. prefixed as unlordly — “un + lordly”

Definitions

  1. Not lordly.

    • [W]ere it such a desperate hazard to put to the venture [...] the Pastorlike and Apostolick imitation of meeke and unlordly Discipline [...] without the ignoble Hucsterage of pidling Tithes?

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