1 (His / Your Lordship) a title of respect used when speaking to or about a judge, a BISHOP or a NOBLEMAN:
His Lordship is away on business.
compareLADYSHIP
2 (BrE, spoken) a humorous way of talking to or about a boy or man that you think is trying to be too important:
Can his lordship manage to switch off the TV?
3 [U] the power or position of a LORD
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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Is lordship a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, lordship is tagged as noun.
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