Lordship \Lord"ship\, n.
   1. The state or condition of being a lord; hence (with his or
      your), a title applied to a lord (except an archbishop or
      duke, who is called Grace) or a judge (in Great Britain),
      etc.
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   2. Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds
      jurisdiction; a manor.
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            What lands and lordships for their owner know
            My quondam barber.                    --Dryden.
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   3. Dominion; power; authority.
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            They which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles
            exercise lordship over them.          --Mark x. 42.
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	142 Moby Thesaurus words for "lordship":
   acme, aedileship, archbishopric, archiepiscopacy, archiepiscopate,
   aristocracy, authority, authorization, baronetcy, barony,
   be-all and end-all, bishopric, blue ribbon, chairmanship,
   championship, chancellery, chancellorate, chancellorship, chiefery,
   chiefry, chieftaincy, chieftainry, chieftainship, command,
   consulate, consulship, control, deanery, dictatorship, dictature,
   directorship, dominion, dominium, dukedom, earldom, effectiveness,
   emirate, episcopacy, first place, first prize, governorship,
   headship, hegemony, height, hierarchy, highest, imperium,
   influence, jurisdiction, kingship, knight-errantship, knighthood,
   ladyship, land tenure, landholding, landownership, landowning,
   leadership, magistracy, magistrateship, magistrature, management,
   marquisate, masterdom, mastership, mastery, maximum, mayoralty,
   mayorship, metropolitanate, metropolitanship, most, ne plus ultra,
   new high, nobility, overlordship, ownership, palms, papacy,
   paramountcy, pashadom, pashalic, patriarchate, patriarchy,
   pontificality, pontificate, popedom, popehood, popeship,
   possessorship, power, prefectship, prefecture, premiership,
   presidency, presidentship, primacy, prime-ministership,
   prime-ministry, princedom, princeship, principality, proconsulate,
   proconsulship, proprietary, proprietorship, protectorate,
   protectorship, provostry, provostship, queenship, record,
   rectorate, rectorship, regency, regentship, rule, ruling class,
   say, seignioralty, seigniory, seneschalship, seneschalsy,
   sheikhdom, sheriffalty, sheriffcy, sheriffdom, shrievalty,
   sovereignty, supervisorship, supremacy, suzerainship, suzerainty,
   sway, top spot, tribunate, viscountcy, viscountship, viscounty,
   vizierate, viziership, zenith

	

	26 Moby Thesaurus words for "Lordship":
   Eminence, Grace, Her Excellency, Her Highness, Her Ladyship,
   Her Majesty, Highness, His Lordship, His Majesty, Honor,
   Imperial Highness, Imperial Majesty, Lady, Ladyship, Lord, Majesty,
   My Lady, My Lord, Reverence, Royal Highness, Royal Majesty,
   Serene Highness, Worship, Your Lordship, milady, milord