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/ˈlɔːd.ʃɪp/
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The state or condition of being a lord.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Title applied to a lord, bishop, judge, or another man with a title.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, capitalized, countable, often, uncountable
Examples
May I ask that the order be granted, if your lordship so pleases?
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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
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, humorous, uncountable
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Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Dominion; power; authority.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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the authority of a lord
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: authority, authorization, authorisation, potency, dominance, say-so
a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
Your Lordship His Lordship
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Broader terms: title
From Middle English lordschipe, from Old English hlāfordsċiepe, equivalent to lord + -ship. Cognate with Scots lairdschip. Doublet of lairdship.
Across languages
Translations 49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
رُبُوبِيَّة
(rubūbiyya)
— state or condition of being a lord
Arabic :
سِيَادَة
(siyāda)
— state or condition of being a lord
Catalan :
castellania
— state or condition of being a lord
Eblaite :
𒂗𒌋𒌓
— state or condition of being a lord
Finnish :
lordius
— state or condition of being a lord
Gothic :
𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌹𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍃𐌿𐍃
(fraujinassus)
— state or condition of being a lord
Macedonian :
госпо́дарство
(gospódarstvo)
— state or condition of being a lord
Middle English :
lordschipe
— state or condition of being a lord
Bulgarian :
благородие
(blagorodie)
— title
Finnish :
korkeus
— title
Finnish :
ylhäisyys
— title
French :
Monsieur
— title
French :
le Seigneur
— title
German :
der Herr
— title
Irish :
an Tiarna
— title
Italian :
il Signore
— title
Latin :
Dominus
— title
Macedonian :
го́сподство
(góspodstvo)
— title
Middle English :
lordschipe
— title
Polish :
Pan
— title
Portuguese :
o Senhor
— title
Russian :
све́тлость
(svétlostʹ)
— title
Russian :
мило́рд
(milórd)
— title
Scottish Gaelic :
an Tighearna
— title
Spanish :
el Señor
— title
Spanish :
señoría
— title
Welsh :
yr Arglwydd
— title
Bulgarian :
владение
(vladenie)
— seigniory, domain, territory ruled by a lord
Catalan :
castellania
— seigniory, domain, territory ruled by a lord
Dutch :
heerlijkheid
— seigniory, domain, territory ruled by a lord
Finnish :
lordikunta
— seigniory, domain, territory ruled by a lord
French :
seigneurie
— seigniory, domain, territory ruled by a lord
German :
Herrschaft
— seigniory, domain, territory ruled by a lord
Irish :
tiarnas
— seigniory, domain, territory ruled by a lord
Italian :
signoria
— seigniory, domain, territory ruled by a lord
Macedonian :
владе́ние
(vladénie)
— seigniory, domain, territory ruled by a lord
Middle English :
lordschipe
— seigniory, domain, territory ruled by a lord
Portuguese :
domínio
— seigniory, domain, territory ruled by a lord
Scottish Gaelic :
tighearnachd
— seigniory, domain, territory ruled by a lord
Scottish Gaelic :
tighearnas
— seigniory, domain, territory ruled by a lord
Spanish :
esfera
— seigniory, domain, territory ruled by a lord
Spanish :
señorío
— seigniory, domain, territory ruled by a lord
Bulgarian :
власт
(vlast)
— dominion, power, authority
Finnish :
herruus
— dominion, power, authority
Gothic :
𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌳𐌿𐍆𐌽𐌹
(waldufni)
— dominion, power, authority
Irish :
tiarnas
— dominion, power, authority
Latin :
dominātiō
— dominion, power, authority
Macedonian :
власт
(vlast)
— dominion, power, authority
Middle English :
lordschipe
— dominion, power, authority
