Definition of lord

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Lord (v. t.) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord..

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Lordly :: Lordly (superl.) Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
Hall :: Hall (n.) The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment..
Villanage :: Villanage (n.) The state of a villain, or serf; base servitude; tenure on condition of doing the meanest services for the lord..
Impatronize :: Impatronize (v. t.) To make lord or master; as, to impatronize one's self of a seigniory..
Landlord :: Landlord (n.) The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants..
Seignioralty :: Seignioralty (n.) The territory or authority of a seignior, or lord..
Organum :: Organum (n.) An organ or instrument; hence, a method by which philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted; -- a term adopted from the Aristotelian writers by Lord Bacon, as the title (Novum Organon) of part of his treatise on philosophical method..
Mansion :: Mansion (n.) The house of the lord of a manor; a manor house; hence: Any house of considerable size or pretension.
Lord :: Lord (v. t.) To rule or preside over as a lord.
Grandeeship :: Grandeeship (n.) The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship.
Dominus :: Dominus (n.) Master; sir; -- a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or a clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor..
Lordosis :: Lordosis (n.) Any abnormal curvature of the bones.
Hallelujah :: Hallelujah (n. & interj.) Praise ye Jehovah; praise ye the Lord; -- an exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of gratitude or adoration..
Escheat :: Escheat (n.) Lands which fall to the lord or the State by escheat.
Coigny :: Coigny (n.) The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody.
Lording :: Lording (n.) The son of a lord; a person of noble lineage.
Baconian :: Baconian (a.) Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon, or to his system of philosophy..
Suzerainty :: Suzerain (n.) A superior lord, to whom fealty is due; a feudal lord; a lord paramount..
Laird :: Laird (n.) A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown..
Liege :: Liege (a.) Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord..
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