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Lordship of Ireland

Lordship of Ireland proper noun: the Irish state under the English Kings/Queens when the King/Queen of England held the ex officio title Lord of Ireland from the time Pope Adrian IV granted the title to King Henry II of England, until the time King Henry VIII left the Roman Catholic Church and elevated his Irish title to King of Ireland and the Irish state's status from a lordship to a kingdom.

Proper noun

Lordship of Ireland

  1. The Irish state under the English Kings/Queens when the King/Queen of England held the ex officio title Lord of Ireland from the time Pope Adrian IV granted the title to King Henry II of England, until the time King Henry VIII left the Roman Catholic Church and elevated his Irish title to King of Ireland and the Irish state's status from a lordship to a kingdom.

Questions about Lordship of Ireland

What does Lordship of Ireland mean?
Lordship of Ireland means the Irish state under the English Kings/Queens when the King/Queen of England held the ex officio title Lord of Ireland from the time Pope Adrian IV granted the title to King Henry II of England, until the time King Henry VIII left the Roman Catholic Church and elevated his Irish title to King of Ireland and the Irish state's status from a lordship to a kingdom.
What part of speech is Lordship of Ireland?
Lordship of Ireland is a proper noun.

Words near Lordship of Ireland in the dictionary

  1. lords' and ladies' fingers
  2. lords-and-ladies
  3. lords-in-waiting
  4. Lordsburg
  5. lordship
  6. Lordship of Ireland
  7. lordships
  8. Lordstown
  9. Lordt
  10. Lordville
  11. lordy

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