Lordship

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds
        jurisdiction; a manor.
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              What lands and lordships for their owner know
              My quondam barber.                    --Dryden.
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     3. Dominion; power; authority.
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              They which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles
              exercise lordship over them.          --Mark x. 42.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Lordship
       n 1: a title used to address any British peer except a duke and
            extended to a bishop or a judge; "Your Lordship"; "His
            Lordship"
       2: the authority of a lord

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  142 Moby Thesaurus words for "lordship":
     acme, aedileship, archbishopric, archiepiscopacy, archiepiscopate,
     aristocracy, authority, authorization, baronetcy, barony,
     be-all and end-all, bishopric, blue ribbon, chairmanship,
     championship, chancellery, chancellorate, chancellorship, chiefery,
     chiefry, chieftaincy, chieftainry, chieftainship, command,
     consulate, consulship, control, deanery, dictatorship, dictature,
     directorship, dominion, dominium, dukedom, earldom, effectiveness,
     emirate, episcopacy, first place, first prize, governorship,
     headship, hegemony, height, hierarchy, highest, imperium,
     influence, jurisdiction, kingship, knight-errantship, knighthood,
     ladyship, land tenure, landholding, landownership, landowning,
     leadership, magistracy, magistrateship, magistrature, management,
     marquisate, masterdom, mastership, mastery, maximum, mayoralty,
     mayorship, metropolitanate, metropolitanship, most, ne plus ultra,
     new high, nobility, overlordship, ownership, palms, papacy,
     paramountcy, pashadom, pashalic, patriarchate, patriarchy,
     pontificality, pontificate, popedom, popehood, popeship,
     possessorship, power, prefectship, prefecture, premiership,
     presidency, presidentship, primacy, prime-ministership,
     prime-ministry, princedom, princeship, principality, proconsulate,
     proconsulship, proprietary, proprietorship, protectorate,
     protectorship, provostry, provostship, queenship, record,
     rectorate, rectorship, regency, regentship, rule, ruling class,
     say, seignioralty, seigniory, seneschalship, seneschalsy,
     sheikhdom, sheriffalty, sheriffcy, sheriffdom, shrievalty,
     sovereignty, supervisorship, supremacy, suzerainship, suzerainty,
     sway, top spot, tribunate, viscountcy, viscountship, viscounty,
     vizierate, viziership, zenith
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "Lordship":
     Eminence, Grace, Her Excellency, Her Highness, Her Ladyship,
     Her Majesty, Highness, His Lordship, His Majesty, Honor,
     Imperial Highness, Imperial Majesty, Lady, Ladyship, Lord, Majesty,
     My Lady, My Lord, Reverence, Royal Highness, Royal Majesty,
     Serene Highness, Worship, Your Lordship, milady, milord