lordship
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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English lordshipe, laverdschipe, from Old English hlāfordsċiepe, equivalent to lord + -ship. Cognate with Scots lairdschip.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lordship (countable and uncountable, plural lordships)
- The state or condition of being a lord.
- 2004, Alice Sheppard, Families of the King: Writing Identity in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, page 27:
- For example, we know that Alfred did connect land tenure with lordship and that he was particularly interested in questions of military service […]
- 2011, Daniel Frankforter, Word of God - Words of Men: The Use and Abuse of Scripture, page 93:
- 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.
- (by extension, with "his" or "your", often capitalised) 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?
- 1946, Mervyn Peake, Titus Groan:
- 'He's had his bath,' she said. 'He's just had his bath, bless his little lordship's heart.'
- 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:
- 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.
- (humorous, with "his" or "your") A boy or man who is behaving in a seigneurial manner or acting like a lord, behaving in a bossy manner or lording it up
- Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.
- c. 1690, Juvenal, translated by John Dryden, The Tenth Satire of Juvenal:
- What lands and lordships for their owner know / My quondam barber, but his worship now.
- 1832, John Burke, A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire, volume I, page 425:
- […] for whose ransom he compelled Lord Percy to build the castle of Punnoon, in the lordship of Eaglesham.
- Dominion; power; authority.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 10:42:
- 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.
Translations[edit]
state or condition of being a lord
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title
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seigniory, domain, territory ruled by a lord
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dominion, power, authority
See also[edit]
- ladyship
- your Grace (form to address archbishops, and some bishops)
- Your Honour, your Honor (for judges)
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