Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lordship"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Lordship
n 1: a title used to address any British peer except a duke and
extended to a bishop or a judge: "Your Lordship" or "His
Lordship" [syn: {Lordship}]
2: the authority of a lord
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