overlordship
- noun
- /ˈoʊvərˌlɔrdʃɪp/
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- In the feudal system, serfs worked the land in exchange for protection under their lord's overlordship.
Examples
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The villagers lived in peace under the overlordship of a kind and just ruler.
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If-if Hitler's peace terms are, um, overlordship of Central Europe, return of certain German colonies, a-and if he will leave us our independence, th-then I-I'd be grateful to get out of our present... difficulties.
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It's under my overlordship about eight thousand paces away.
Fiction book (1999) -
Osmanly overlordship also saw a rise in Greek merchants and land owners.
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Rome wanted the island within its sphere of influence after so many centuries of overlordship by Constantinople.
Academic text (2010) -
" He challenged my father's overlordship," she had to state twice for Oswald.
Fiction book (1999) -
In addition to all of that were the hereditary Habsburg holdings in what is now Austria and the title of Holy Roman Emperor (more or less the overlordship of Germany).
Blog text (26) -
They have known numerous rebellions against Russian overlordship and were brutally repressed by both Tsars and Bolsheviks.
Academic text (1995) -
They were no doubt vaguely designated areas to the north, east, and south of the core of the Anuradhapura kingdom over which the Anuradhapura ruler claimed overlordship. - (p204).
Blog text (29) -
Throughout history, many regions have suffered under the overlordship of invading powers.
Synonyms
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4.7
To have power or control over other people
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5.1
Power and control over other people or groups
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7.1
Being higher than others in power or importance
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7.7
Power to govern and control a territory or people
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9.5
Power of one country or group over others
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8.2
A position of power over other people or groups
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5.6
Power that lets someone control people and places
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9.4
Power that a person has over land and people in the past
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6.5
The position and power held by a king
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7.5
The time a leader has power over a country
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7.8
To have power or control over others
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9.9
Rule by an emperor over many lands
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7.8
A situation when one person or group has more power and influence
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9.9
A powerful state that controls another state's relations with other countries while that state runs its own internal affairs
The power and land a lord had in the Middle Ages
Supreme power held by a ruler or state
The time when an emperor rules a country
The state of having the highest power or importance
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Etymology
Overlordship breaks into parts you know: over- meaning 'above', lord meaning 'ruler', and the ending -ship (like in friendship or leadership) meaning 'state' or 'condition'. So, overlordship is the 'state of being a ruler above others', which explains its meaning of supreme rule or dominion.