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noun a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge
noun the authority of a lord
originFrom Middle English lordschipe, from Old English hlāfordsċiepe, equivalent to lord + -ship. Cognate with Scots lairdschip. Doublet of lairdship.
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