lordship

  1. Noun.  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. Noun.  Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.
  3. Noun.  Dominion; power; authority.
  4. Noun.  Formal form of address to a judge.

This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.

This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.