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lorddom

lorddom noun: the authority, rule, jurisdiction, sovereignty, or domain of a lord.

Noun

lorddom (plural lorddoms)

  1. The authority, rule, jurisdiction, sovereignty, or domain of a lord
    • The saloons of the Roman Emperor, even yet fresh with their gilding, serve as cool subterranean wine-cellars to the English baronet, who, with the King of Naples and the Irish Franciscans, shares the lorddom of the Palatine."1824, The New Monthly Magazine, volume 7, page 221
    • … And lull, meanwhile, war's barbarous business all To slumbrous rest the lands and seas around: For thou alone our mortal hearts canst help With hushful peace. Since Mars armipotent, That over war's wild labours lorddom wields, …1869, Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton Lytton (Earl of), Orval - Page 314

Examples of lorddom in a sentence

  • Our longitude also between the great seas, Even should king and lorddom go down, Unfits us for joining our senate with theirs; [...]1881, David Flemming Little, Poems - Page 66:
  • And was it for this that the illustrious men of her family had been born — viceroys, archbishops and great captains who received titles and lorddoms from monarchs !1919, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, La Bodega: - Page 82:
  • Have they not all of lorddom at their heels, do they not hold the strings of Britain's purse?2007, Henry Ford, The International Jew - Page 19:
  • “Hogging supreme lorddom for herself.” And then this suddenly struck him as funny.2014, Polly Horvath, Lord and Lady Bunny--Almost Royalty!:

Forms of lorddom

plurallorddoms
alternative formlord-dom

Origin of lorddom

From Middle English lorddom, from Old English hlāforddōm (“rulership; jurisdiction; authority”), equivalent to lord + -dom.

Questions about lorddom

What does lorddom mean?
Lorddom means the authority, rule, jurisdiction, sovereignty, or domain of a lord.
How do you use lorddom in a sentence?
Our longitude also between the great seas, Even should king and lorddom go down, Unfits us for joining our senate with theirs; [...]
What part of speech is lorddom?
Lorddom is a noun.
What is the plural of lorddom?
The plural of lorddom is lorddoms.

Words near lorddom in the dictionary

  1. lord-dom
  2. lord-doms
  3. lord-in-waiting
  4. Lord-Lieutenant
  5. Lord-Lieutenants
  6. lorddom
  7. lorddoms
  8. lorded
  9. lorded it over
  10. lorded over
  11. Lorden

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