Refine this word faster
Lordship
//ˈlɔɹd.ʃɪp// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state or condition of being a lord. countable, uncountable
"For example, we know that Alfred did connect land tenure with lordship and that he was particularly interested in questions of military service[…]"
- 2 the authority of a lord wordnet
- 3 Title applied to a lord, bishop, judge, or another man with a title. broadly, capitalized, countable, often, uncountable
"May I ask that the order be granted, if your lordship so pleases?"
- 4 a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge wordnet
- 5 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 countable, humorous, uncountable
Show 2 more definitions
- 6 Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor. countable, uncountable
"What lands and lordships for their owner know / My quondam barber, but his worship now."
- 7 Dominion; power; authority. countable, uncountable
"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."
Etymology
From Middle English lordshipe, laverdschipe, from Old English hlāfordsċiepe, equivalent to lord + -ship. Cognate with Scots lairdschip. Piecewise doublet of lairdship.
See also for "lordship"
Next best steps
Mini challenge
Unscramble this word: lordship