'Lordship' definitions:
Definition of 'Lordship'
(from WordNet)
noun
A title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge; "Your Lordship"; "His Lordship"
noun
The authority of a lord
Definition of 'Lordship'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor. [1913 Webster]
- What lands and lordships for their owner know My quondam barber. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Dominion; power; authority. [1913 Webster]
- They which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them. --Mark x. 42. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'Lordship'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Eminence,
- Grace,
- Her Excellency,
- Her Highness,
- Her Ladyship,
- Her Majesty,
- Highness,
- His Lordship,
- His Majesty,
- Honor,
- Imperial Highness,
- Imperial Majesty,
- Lady,
- Ladyship,
- Lord,
- Majesty,
- milady,
- milord,
- My Lady,
- My Lord,
- Reverence,
- Royal Highness,
- Royal Majesty,
- Serene Highness,
- Worship,
- Your Lordship
Synonyms of 'lordship'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acme,
- aedileship,
- archbishopric,
- archiepiscopacy,
- archiepiscopate,
- aristocracy,
- authority,
- authorization,
- baronetcy,
- barony,
- be-all and end-all,
- bishopric,
- blue ribbon,
- chairmanship,
- championship,
- chancellery,
- chancellorate,
- chancellorship,
- chiefery,
- chiefry,
- chieftaincy,
- chieftainry,
- chieftainship,
- command,
- consulate,
- consulship,
- control,
- deanery,
- dictatorship,
- dictature,
- directorship,
- dominion,
- dominium,
- dukedom,
- earldom,
- effectiveness,
- emirate,
- episcopacy,
- first place,
- first prize,
- governorship,
- headship,
- hegemony,
- height,
- hierarchy,
- highest,
- imperium,
- influence,
- jurisdiction,
- kingship,
- knight-errantship,
- knighthood,
- ladyship,
- land tenure,
- landholding,
- landownership,
- landowning,
- leadership,
- magistracy,
- magistrateship,
- magistrature,
- management,
- marquisate,
- masterdom,
- mastership,
- mastery,
- maximum,
- mayoralty,
- mayorship,
- metropolitanate,
- metropolitanship,
- most,
- ne plus ultra,
- new high,
- nobility,
- overlordship,
- ownership,
- palms,
- papacy,
- paramountcy,
- pashadom,
- pashalic,
- patriarchate,
- patriarchy,
- pontificality,
- pontificate,
- popedom,
- popehood,
- popeship,
- possessorship,
- power,
- prefectship,
- prefecture,
- premiership,
- presidency,
- presidentship,
- primacy,
- prime-ministership,
- prime-ministry,
- princedom,
- princeship,
- principality,
- proconsulate,
- proconsulship,
- proprietary,
- proprietorship,
- protectorate,
- protectorship,
- provostry,
- provostship,
- queenship,
- record,
- rectorate,
- rectorship,
- regency,
- regentship,
- rule,
- ruling class,
- say,
- seignioralty,
- seigniory,
- seneschalship,
- seneschalsy,
- sheikhdom,
- sheriffalty,
- sheriffcy,
- sheriffdom,
- shrievalty,
- sovereignty,
- supervisorship,
- supremacy,
- suzerainship,
- suzerainty,
- sway,
- top spot,
- tribunate,
- viscountcy,
- viscountship,
- viscounty,
- vizierate,
- viziership,
- zenith