Lordhood

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state, quality, or condition of a lord uncountable, usually

    "Philip Herbert may expect knighthoods, lordhoods, court-promotions: neither did his heroic mother ' tear her hair,' I think, to any great extent,——except in the imaginations of Osborne, Pinchbeck and such like."

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lordshiplordship

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"Philip Herbert may expect knighthoods, lordhoods, court-promotions: neither did his heroic mother ' tear her hair,' I think, to any great extent,——except in the imaginations of Osborne, Pinchbeck and such like."

Etymology

From lord + -hood.

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