LORD

Godhead, Lord, Creator, Maker, Divine, God Almighty, Almighty, Jehovah

(noun) terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

Lord, noble, nobleman

(noun) a titled peer of the realm

overlord, master, lord

(noun) a person who has general authority over others

lord

(verb) make a lord of someone

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Proper noun

Lord (plural Lords)

The Abrahamic deity of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths.

(Judaism, Islam) The God of Abraham and the Jewish scriptures.

(Christianity) God the Father; the Godhead.

(Christianity) Jesus Christ, God the Son.

(religion) Any other deity particularly important to a religion or a worshipper.

Usage notes

In monotheistic contexts (including Trinitarian Christianity), the term is used absolutely: "the Lord". In reference to Jesus, it is often expressed as "Our Lord" or "Our Lord and Savior". (Note, however, that Mormonism typically distinguishes "the Lord" as describing Jesus and "God" as describing Elohim, the God of Abraham.)

In many English Bibles, references in the Hebrew Tanakh to the names of God, Adonai and YHWH, are distinguished by capitalizing the former as "Lord" and the latter as "LORD", "lord", "Lord", etc. Similarly, "Lord God", "Lord GOD", etc. translate the dual form "Adonai YHWH". "Lord of Hosts" (etc.) translates the Hebrew name YHWH Sabaoth.

Interjection

Lord

(originally an invocation) An interjection variously expressing astonishment, surprise, resignation.

Usage notes

Originally solemn, now typically invoked in trivial and profane use.

Noun

Lord (plural Lords)

A formal title of the lesser British nobility, used as a shortened form for a Lord of the Manor and Lord Proprietor.

A generic title used in reference to any peer of the British nobility or any peer below the dignity of duke and (as a courtesy title) for the younger sons of dukes and marquesses (see usage note).

Similar formal and generic titles in other countries.

An additional title added to denote the dignity of certain high officials, such as the "Lord Mayors" of major cities in the British Commonwealth

The elected president of a festival.

(Wicca) A high priest.

An English surname, originally a nickname for someone who either acted as if he were a lord or had worked in a lord's household.

Usage notes

The title lord is usually understood as one borne by men and lady is its usual female equivalent. For example, King William IV of the United Kingdom was styled Lord of Mann and, upon his death, his niece Victoria was styled Lady of Mann. Modern usage is not always so clear, however, and "lord" may now refer to either male or female bearers of a title. For example, Queen Elizabeth II is presently styled "the Queen, Lord of Mann".

Lord is the formal title of only a few British nobles. It is, however, traditionally used as a title and form of address for all members of the British peerage, including the Lords Spiritual (the 26 bishops of the established Church of England). In present practice, dukes are instead styled "Your" or "His Grace" and the Lords Spiritual are usually styled "Lord Bishop". The younger sons of dukes and marquesses also bear the courtesy title of lord.

Coordinate terms

• (female, spouses) Lady

• (dukes) Grace

• (bishops) Lord Bishop

Etymology

Noun

lord (plural lords)

(obsolete) The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor

(archaic) The male head of a household, a father or husband.

(archaic) The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession

One possessing similar mastery over others; (historical) any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron)

(historical) A feudal tenant holding his manor directly of the king

A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one

(obsolete, uncommon) A baron or lesser nobleman, as opposed to greater ones

One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~)

The magnates of a trade or profession

(astrology) The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time, etc.

(British, slang, obsolete) A hunchback.

(British, Australian, via Cockney rhyming slang, obsolete) Sixpence.

Synonyms

• (master, owner): drighten, possessor, proprietor, sovereign

Verb

lord (third-person singular simple present lords, present participle lording, simple past and past participle lorded)

(intransitive and transitive) Domineer or act like a lord.

(transitive) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.

Synonyms

• (made a lord): elevate, ennoble, invest

Etymology

Proper noun

LORD

Typographical variant of Lord, particularly in English translations of the Bible.

Usage notes

In Jewish practice, the Tetragrammaton (the Hebrew name of God, יהוה) is written directly in the Tanakh but spoken aloud as Adonai (Hebrew אֲדֹנָי (“my Lord”)). The scholars responsible for the Septuagint translation of the Tanakh into Koine preserved this tradition by writing appearances of the Tetragrammaton as ὁ κύριος (“the supreme one; the Lord, Kyrios”) and English translations of the Bible have similarly presented appearances of Adonai as "Lord", "the Lord", or "The Lord" while presenting appearances of the Tetragrammaton as "LORD" (as in the 1611 edition of the King James Bible), "lord", "Lord", "the LORD", etc.

This is not always consistent, however, with YHWH sometimes being translated or rendered as Jehovah, Adonai YHWH sometimes appearing as "the LORD GOD", or YHWH Sabaoth appearing as "the Lord of Hosts".

Source: Wiktionary

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Lord, n. Etym: [Cf. Gr.

Definition: A hump-backed person; -- so called sportively. [Eng.] Richardson (Dict.).

Lord, n. Etym: [OE. lord, laverd, loverd, AS. hlaford, for hlafweard, i. e., bread keeper; hlaf bread, loaf + weardian to look after, to take care of, to ward. See Loaf, and Ward to guard, and cf. Laird, Lady.]

1. One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor. But now I was the lord Of this fair mansion. Shak. Man over men He made not lord. Milton.

2. A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a boron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank. [Eng.]

3. A title bestowed on the persons above named; and also, for honor, on certain official persons; as, lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, etc. [Eng.]

4. A husband. "My lord being old also." Gen. xviii. 12. Thou worthy lord Of that unworthy wife that greeteth thee. Shak.

5. (Feudal Law)

Definition: One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor.

6. The Supreme Being; Jehovah.

Note: When Lord, in the Old Testament, is printed in small capitals, it is usually equivalent to Jehovah, and might, with more propriety, be so rendered.

7. The Savior; Jesus Christ. House of Lords, one of the constituent parts of the British Parliament, consisting of the lords spiritual and temporal.

– Lord high chancellor, Lord high constable, etc. See Chancellor, Constable, etc.

– Lord justice clerk, the second in rank of the two highest judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland.

– Lord justice general, or Lord president, the highest in rank of the judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland.

– Lord keeper, an ancient officer of the English crown, who had the custody of the king's great seal, with authority to affix it to public documents. The office is now merged in that of the chancellor.

– Lord lieutenant, a representative of British royalty: the lord lieutenant of Ireland being the representative of royalty there, and exercising supreme administrative authority; the lord lieutenant of a county being a deputy to manage its military concerns, and also to nominate to the chancellor the justices of the peace for that county.

– Lord of misrule, the master of the revels at Christmas in a nobleman's or other great house. Eng. Cyc.

– Lords spiritual, the archbishops and bishops who have seats in the House of Lords.

– Lords temporal, the peers of England; also, sixteen representative peers of Scotland, and twenty-eight representatives of the Irish peerage.

– Our lord, Jesus Christ; the Savior.

– The Lord's Day, Sunday; the Christian Sabbath, on which the Lord Jesus rose from the dead.

– The Lord's Prayer, the prayer which Jesus taught his disciples. Matt. vi. 9-13.

– The Lord's Supper. (a) The paschal supper partaken of by Jesus the night before his crucifixion. (b) The sacrament of the eucharist; the holy communion.

– The Lord's Table. (a) The altar or table from which the sacrament is dispensed. (b) The sacrament itself.

Lord, v. t.

1. To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord. [R.] Shak.

2. To rule or preside over as a lord. [R.]

Lord, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lorded; p. pr. & vb. n. Lording.]

Definition: To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb. The whiles she lordeth in licentious bliss. Spenser. I see them lording it in London streets. Shak. And lorded over them whom now they serve. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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