Definition of LORDSHIP. Meaning of LORDSHIP. Synonyms of LORDSHIP

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word LORDSHIP. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word LORDSHIP and, of course, LORDSHIP synonyms and on the right images related to the word LORDSHIP.

Definition of LORDSHIP

Lordship
Lordship Lord"ship, n. 1. The state or condition of being a lord; hence (with his or your), a title applied to a lord (except an archbishop or duke, who is called Grace) or a judge (in Great Britain), etc. 2. Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor. What lands and lordships for their owner know My quondam barber. --Dryden. 3. Dominion; power; authority. They which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them. --Mark x. 42.

Meaning of LORDSHIP from wikipedia

- A lordship is a territory held by a lord. It was a landed estate that served as the lowest administrative and judicial unit in rural areas. It originated...
- Look up lordship in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lordship is a territory held by a lord. Lordship may also refer to: Lordship, the office of a British...
- The Lordship of Ireland (Irish: Tiarnas na hÉireann), sometimes referred to retrospectively as Anglo-Norman Ireland, was the part of Ireland ruled by the...
- Lordship Lane may refer to: In London: Lordship Lane, Haringey, north London Lordship Lane, Southwark, south London The disused Lordship Lane railway station...
- The Lordship of Gödens (German: Herrlichkeit Gödens) was a Lordship in the east of the East Frisian peninsula and it belonged to the County of East Frisia...
- Guernsey the equivalent title is Seigneur. A similar concept of such a lordship is known in French as Sieur or Seigneur du Manoir, Gutsherr in German,...
- The Lordship or Prin****lity of Rostock (German: Herrschaft (Fürstentum) Rostock) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire in the 13th and early 14th centuries...
- were v****als to the count of Jaffa, including the Lordship of Ramla, Lordship of Ibelin and Lordship of Mirabel. Jaffa was taken by the Crusaders in June...
- Lordship salvation is a doctrine taught by many Evangelical theologians, being ****ociated with po****r figures such as John MacArthur, John Piper and R...
- The Lordship of Ameland (Dutch: Vrije Heerlijkheid Ameland; West Frisian: Frije Hearlikheid It Amelân) was an allodial lordship on the present-day island...