lordship
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9.4
- noun
- /ˈlɔrdʃɪp/
:
señorío
- In rural society more broadly, the basic defining relationship was a relationship of authority, the relationship of lordship and tenancy.
And the, the, the way to find healing and wholeness is for me to bend my knee to the lordship of Jesus Christ.
- And the, the, the way to find healing and wholeness is for me to bend my knee to the lordship of Jesus Christ.
Examples
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The innkeeper claimed that his lordship told various people in the common room that he was heading homeward from Greater Ambrose.
Fiction book (1994) -
Mr. Ingram, these gentlemen are waiting upon his lordship.
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Be a love, let his Lordship take the first one.
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In half an hour, your lordship.
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"Ask his lordship if he is ready for the boat ride," Andrew asked.
Fiction book (1990) -
Lordship brought other rights over the religious life of a parish as well.
Academic text (2018) -
Some men had a sense of lordship, as if all they surveyed was in their gift.
Fiction book (1999) -
Keggs, repeat to his lordship what you just told me.
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Children took lordship so seriously, naturally believing in noblesse oblige.
Fiction book (2000) -
I thank you, your lordship; you have got me one.
Synonyms
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7.7
Power to govern and control a territory or people
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7.5
The time a leader has power over a country
Power and land that a local lord had in the past
The power and land a lord had in the Middle Ages
A ruler's supreme control over other rulers and lands
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Etymology
Lordship comes from lord and the ending -ship. Lord once meant 'keeper of the loaf', a person in charge of the bread, and -ship means 'state or power', as in leadership or friendship, so lordship is the 'power or rule of a lord'.