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  lordship

  noun

  a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his oryour ).
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  Lordship

  noun

  a title used to address or refer to a bishop, a judge of the high court, or any peer except a duke

lordship

American  

[lawrd-ship] / ˈlɔrd ʃɪp /

noun

1. (often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his oryour ).

2. the state or dignity of a lord.

3. the authority or power of a lord.

4. the domain of a lord.

5. British. a term of respect used when speaking of or to judges (usually preceded by his oryour ).

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Lordship ¹ British  

/ ˈlɔːdʃɪp /

noun

1. a title used to address or refer to a bishop, a judge of the high court, or any peer except a duke

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lordship ² British  

/ ˈlɔːdʃɪp /

noun

1. the position or authority of a lord

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Etymology

Origin of lordship

before 900; Middle English; Old English hlāfordscipe. See lord, -ship

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Example Sentences

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“It would be superfluous in me,” Abraham Lincoln’s emissary Charles Francis Adams wrote to the British foreign secretary, “to point out to your lordship that this is war.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

Does his lordship simply need some Pepto, or is something more dire in store? 

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2016

I hope your comment on Dick Pound being impressed by Coe's lordship and medal was written in the spirit of satire.

From New York Times ● Jan. 14, 2016

He helped the French king in his fight against the English, and was rewarded with the lordship of Aubigny.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2014

“Come with me, tumcloak. His lordship wants words with you.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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

Stony Stoica, 44, from Lordship Lane, is due to appear at Croydon Magistrates' Court on Monday, the Metropolitan Police said.

From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2021

For the Living Word Fellowship, that meant “the Lordship of Jesus Christ”; for academia, “the production of knowledge.”

From Washington Post ● Oct. 31, 2018

I watched my mother chatter with His Lordship.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

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