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• Well, tinkety-tonk, then, for the moment," said his lordship, and pattered off down the stairs.1927, P. G. Wodehouse, The Small Bachelor. From the entry tinkety-tonk
• So presently his lordship began to tell his symptoms to the doctor.1922, Percival Gibbon, Looters, Chicago Tribune. From the entry sheep-faced
• "It's more likely you'll wish to spend the evening debating whether these clankers his lordship is telling us are true, and how they originated."2020, Anna Lee Huber, A Stroke of Malice, →ISBN, page 41. From the entry clanker
• Comital charters for religious institutions provide important evidence for some aspects of comital lordship, especially the interconnection of landholding, justice, wealth, and military power.2004, Richard Ewing Barton, Lordship of the County of Maine, c. 890-1160, page 51. From the entry comital
• The outsider was aware that payment of chiefery to the lord was the norm, but that some within the lordship were refusing to pay it.1993, Irish Economic and Social History - Volumes 19-21, page 10. From the entry chiefery
• Castellans, often exercising control over a few villages and half a dozen small lordships, transformed their banal lordships into quasi-sovereign mini-states, independent of royal or comital sanction or control.2003, Benno Teschke, The Myth of 1648: Class, Geopolitics, and the Making of Modern International Relations, Verso, page 86. From the entry castellan
• We will realize that in our weakness He is strong and that as we bend the knee to His lordship, God is more than able to deliver us.2001, Beth Moore, Living Free: Learning to Pray God's Word, page 86. From the entry bend the knee
• In a bannal lordship the local seigneur, whether a castellan or a monastery, wielded a powerful and independent economic, judicial and fiscal authority over his men.1980, Elizabeth M[ary] Hallam, Capetian France: 987–1328, London; New York, N.Y.: Longman, →ISBN, page 13. From the entry bannal
• And so did his lordship as he stood and praised her performance, his beard scratching a gusty kiss on her cheek while handing her the winners' trophy in our behalf.2012, Irene Hope-Hedrick, 'Twill Be All Right Come Mornin', Luv, page 32. From the entry gusty

Meaning of lordship

1. noun The state or condition of being a lord.
2. noun Title applied to a lord, bishop, judge, or another man with a title.
3. noun A man (sometimes a boy) who is behaving in a seigneurial manner or acting like a lord, behaving in a bossy manner or lording it up.

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Questions about lordship in a sentence

How do you use lordship in a sentence?

Lordship is used as a noun. For example: “May I ask that the order be granted, if your lordship so pleases?”

What is a short sentence with lordship?

“Lordship entails both privilege and responsibility.”

What does lordship mean?

Lordship means the state or condition of being a lord.