What does lordhood mean?
Lordhood means The state, quality, or condition of a lord.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The state, quality, or condition of a lord.
Philip Herbert may expect knighthoods, lordhoods, court-promotions: neither did his heroic mother ' tear her hair,' I think, to any great extent,——except in the imaginations of Osborne, Pinchbeck and such like.
The old Norman lordhood quality here, too, cross' d with that Saxon fiber from which twain the best current stock of England springs — poetry that revels above all things in traditions of knights and chivalry, and deeds of derring-do.
Use lordhood when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lordhood means The state, quality, or condition of a lord.
Common synonyms include lordship.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Philip Herbert may expect knighthoods, lordhoods, court-promotions: neither did his heroic mother ' tear her hair,' I think, to any great extent,——except in the imaginations of Osborne, Pinchbeck and such like.
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