Lordship
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster
Lordship - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
LORD'SHIP, n.
1. The state of quality of being a lord; hence, a title of honor given to noblemen, except to dukes, who have the title of grace.
2. A titulary compellation of judges and certain other persons in authority and office.
3. Dominion; power; authority.
They who are accounted to rule over the Gentiles, exercise lordship over them. Mark 10.
4. Seigniory; domain; the territory of a lord over which he holds jurisdiction; a manor.
What lands and lordships for their owner know my quondam barber.
Source of the article
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
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