lord·ship /ˈlɔrdˌʃɪp/
貴族身分,主權,支配
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.
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Lordship
n 1: a title used to address any British peer except a duke and
extended to a bishop or a judge; "Your Lordship"; "His
Lordship"
2: the authority of a lord