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Proper noun

Lord (countable and uncountable, plural Lords)

1. The Abrahamic deity of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths.
   • The breath of worldly men cannot depose
     The Deputie elected by the Lord ...1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to...
   1. (Judaism) The God of Abraham and the Jewish scriptures.
   2. God the Father; the Godhead.
      • Some trust in charets, and some in horses: but wee will remember the Name of the Lord our God.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 20:7
2. Jesus Christ, God the Son.
   • 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.1582, Douay–Rheims Bible, 1 Corinth. 12:3
3. Any other deity particularly important to a religion or a worshipper.
   • ...and our Lord [the Horned God] as Master, Father, and Sage.2002, A.J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together, page 89
4. An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for someone who either acted as if he were a lord or had worked in a lord's household.

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