lordship

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The state or condition of being a lord.

   “For example, we know that Alfred did connect land tenure with lordship and that he was particularly interested in questions of military service[…]”

2. isim Title applied to a lord, bishop, judge, or another man with a title.

   “May I ask that the order be granted, if your lordship so pleases?”

3. isim 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
4. isim Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.

   “What lands and lordships for their owner know / My quondam barber, but his worship now.”

5. isim Dominion; power; authority.

   “But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.”