Lordhood
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lordhood is a noun meaning The state, quality, or condition of a lord.
Meaning
The state, quality, or condition of a lord.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- lordhoods
Synonyms for lordhood
Depending on context, synonyms include lordship.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lordness, lordship, lordliness, ladhood, knightlihood, baronry.
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