KJV Dictionary Definition: lordship

lordship

LORD'SHIP, n.

1. The state of quality of being a lord; hence, a title of honor given to noblemen, except to dukes, who have the title of grace.

2. A titulary compellation of judges and certain other persons in authority and office.

3. Dominion; power; authority.

They who are accounted to rule over the Gentiles, exercise lordship over them. Mark 10.

4. Seigniory; domain; the territory of a lord over which he holds jurisdiction; a manor.

What lands and lordships for their owner know my quondam barber.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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