lordship
lordship is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor. What lands and lordships for their owner know My quondam barber. Dryden.
- 2.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 (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- accusation
- adjudge
- arbiter
- arbitrator
- archon
- arms
- assessor
- assistant
- assize
- barmaster
- barrister
- bays
- beak
- blue
- box
- cadi
- cap
- case
- censor
- chancellor
- cockade
- come
- common
- conservator
- cordon
- coronet
- county
- court
- critic
- cross
- crown
- decoration
- determine
- domesman
- epaulet
- epaulette
- ephor
- esquire
- excellency
- feather
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is lordship.
- What is seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor. What lands and lordships for their owner know My quondam barber. Dryden called?
- What is dominion; power; authority. They which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them. Mark x. 42 called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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