Lorddom

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The authority, rule, jurisdiction, sovereignty, or domain of a lord

    "The saloons of the Roman Emperor, even yet fresh with their gilding, serve as cool subterranean wine-cellars to the English baronet, who, with the King of Naples and the Irish Franciscans, shares the lorddom of the Palatine.""

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"The saloons of the Roman Emperor, even yet fresh with their gilding, serve as cool subterranean wine-cellars to the English baronet, who, with the King of Naples and the Irish Franciscans, shares the lorddom of the Palatine.""

Etymology

From Middle English lorddom, from Old English hlāforddōm (“rulership; jurisdiction; authority”), equivalent to lord + -dom.

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