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iory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor. What lands and lordships for their owner know My quondam barber. Dryden.

Lordship or supremacy of a person or a people over others. J. R. Green.

diverted ourselves with bantering several poor scholars with hopes of being at least his lordship's chaplain. De Foe.

The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron.

The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdiction appertaining to a castle.

A court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet. Blackstone.

se or gain favor. A man of his place, and so near our favor, To dance attendance on their lordships' pleasure. Shak.

Sovereignty; lordship; dominion. Johnson.

The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel. Ezek. i. 3. I am sent expressly to your lordship. Shak.

The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship. H. Swinburne.

A seigniory or lordship held of the king, on which other lordships and manors depended. Cowell.

r used as a bookplate or the like. [Written also imprese and impress.] My impresa to your lordship; a swain Flying to a laurel for shelter. J. Webster.

, And I will look on both indifferently. Shak. I hope it may indifferently entertain your lordship at an unbending hour. Rowe.

angement of things; transposition. It is just the inversion of an act of Parliament; your lordship first signed it, and then it was passed among the Lords and Commons. Dryden.

A member of a jury; a juryman. I shall both find your lordship judge and juror. Shak.

st of thy word, in every thought sincere. Pope. The prince is here at hand: pleaseth your lordship To meet his grace just distance 'tween our armies. Shak. He was a comely personage, a little above just stature. Bacon. Fire fitted with just materials casts a constant heat. Jer. Taylor. When all The war shall stand rang…

The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the territory governed by a marquis.

Peerage; also, a lordship. [Obs.]

A suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art; as in lordship, friendship, chancellorship, stewardship, horsemanship.

The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.