lord
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (obsolete) The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manorExamples: "Bleſſed is that ſeruant, whome his Lord when he commeth, ſhal finde ſo doing."; "Por. ...But now, I was the Lord of this faire manſion, maiſter of my ſeruants, Queene oer my ſelfe[…]"; "Lords of manors are distinguished from other land-owners with regard to the game."obsolete
2. (obsolete) The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manorExamples: "[…]thou worthie Lord, Of that vnworthie wife that greeteth thee"; "Pet. Katherine, I charge thee, tell theſe head-ſtrong women, What dutie they doe owe their Lords and huſbands!"; "Therefore Sarah laughed within her ſelfe, ſaying, After I am waxed old, ſhall I haue pleaſure, my lord being old alſo?"archaicobsolete
3. (obsolete) The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manorExamples: "A mightie Lord of Swine!"; "Turnus[…] Wrench'd from his feeble hold the shining Sword; And plung'd it in the Bosom of its Lord."; "Lord, the owner of the land in which a mine is situated is called the ‘lord’."Synonyms: drighten, possessor, proprietor, sovereignarchaicobsolete
4. One possessing similar mastery over others; (historical) any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron)historical
5. One possessing similar mastery over others; (historical) any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron)Examples: "1526, W. Bonde, Pylgrimage of Perfection, i. sig. Bviiiv Farre excellyng the state of lordes, erles, dukes or kynges."; "The Marquess played off the two Lords and the Baronet against his former friend."obsoleteuncommon
6. (astrology) The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time, etc.Examples: "The assendent, & eke the lord of the assendent, may be shapen for to be fortunat or infortunat, as thus, a fortunat assendent clepen they whan þat no wykkid planete, as Saturne or Mars, or elles the tail of the dragoun, is in þe hows of the assendent."
verb (English)
1. (ambitransitive) To domineer or act like a lord.Examples: "The grisly toadstool grown there might I see, / And loathed paddocks lording on the same."ambitransitive
2. (transitive) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.Examples: "He being thus lorded / Not only with what my revenue yielded, / But what my power might else exact, […] / he did believe / He was indeed the Duke"transitive
name (English)
1. The Abrahamic deity of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths.Synonyms: Allah, JehovahJudaismcountableuncountable
2. The Abrahamic deity of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths.Examples: "Some trust in charets, and some in horses: but wee will remember the Name of the Lord our God."countableuncountable
3. (Christianity) Jesus Christ, God the Son.Examples: "Therfore I doe you to vnderſtand that no má ſpeaking in the Spirit of God, ſaith anáthema to IESVS. And no man can ſay, Our Lord IESVS: but in the holy Ghoſt."; "How loyal in the following of thy Lord!"countableuncountable
4. (religion) Any other deity particularly important to a religion or a worshipper.Examples: "...and our Lord [the Horned God] as Master, Father, and Sage."countableuncountable
intj (English)
1. (originally an invocation) An interjection variously expressing astonishment, surprise, resignation.Examples: "O Lord I must laugh."
noun (English)
1. (Wicca) A high priest.
Definition source: Wiktionary