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lordhood

lordhood noun: the state, quality, or condition of a lord.

Noun

lordhood (usually uncountable, plural lordhoods)

  1. (usually) 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.1857, Thomas Carlyle, Critical & Miscellaneous Essays: Collected & Republished
    • 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.1883, Walt Whitman, Specimen days & collect - Page 290
    Synonyms:
    lordship

Synonyms of lordhood

Forms of lordhood

plurallordhoods
alternative formLordhood

Origin of lordhood

From lord + -hood.

Questions about lordhood

What does lordhood mean?
Lordhood means the state, quality, or condition of a lord.
What part of speech is lordhood?
Lordhood is a noun.
What is the plural of lordhood?
The plural of lordhood is lordhoods.

Words near lordhood in the dictionary

  1. lordesses
  2. lordest
  3. lordeth
  4. lordful
  5. lordfully
  6. lordhood
  7. lordhoods
  8. Lordi
  9. lordie
  10. lording
  11. lording it over

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