lordship
noun
a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his oryour ).
lordship
American
[lawrd-ship]
/ ˈlɔrd ʃɪp /
noun
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(often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his oryour ).
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the state or dignity of a lord.
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the authority or power of a lord.
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the domain of a lord.
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British. a term of respect used when speaking of or to judges (usually preceded by his oryour ).
Lordship
1
British
/ ˈlɔːdʃɪp /
noun
lordship
2
British
/ ˈlɔːdʃɪp /
noun
Etymology
Origin of lordship
before 900; Middle English; Old English hlāfordscipe. See lord, -ship
Example Sentences
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In 2020, Cambodia’s king had bestowed upon Chen the title of neak oknha, similar to a lordship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
To kill it is not to restate one’s lordship over the earth but rather to recognize and kill a destructive aspect in our own nature.
From New York Times ● Feb. 16, 2023
Who may himself be a property developer now; one can’t keep track of the many business interests of his lordship.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 11, 2019
Does his lordship simply need some Pepto, or is something more dire in store?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2016
And in his lordship s hand, a parchment.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
When the Friends of Lordship Rec group formed in 2001, chairman David Morris said the park was a neglected and unsafe space with derelict buildings and little biodiversity.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
To think his Lordship did not break his bones!
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2023
"If your Lordship should consider that these observations may disgust or scandalise the learned, I earnestly beg your Lordship to regard them as private and to publish or destroy them as your Lordship sees fit."
From Salon ● Jan. 2, 2023
But this area was to become the Lordship of Galloway, named from the Gall-Gaedil, people of Scandinavian descent who spoke Gaelic and dominated the Irish Sea zone during the Viking age.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2020
“His Lordship would circle the dates of the full moons, and I’d sneak in and change them.”
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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