LORDSHIPS

Noun

lordships

plural of lordship

Anagrams

• shiplords

Source: Wiktionary


LORDSHIP

Lord"ship, n.

1. The state or condition of being a lord; hence (with his or your), a title applied to a lord (except an archbishop or duke, who is called Grace) or a judge (in Great Britain), etc.

2. Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor. What lands and lordships for their owner know My quondam barber. Dryden.

3. Dominion; power; authority. They which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them. Mark x. 42.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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