lord·ship /ˈlɔrdˌʃɪp/
  貴族身分,主權,支配
  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.
  2. Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.
  What lands and lordships for their owner know
  My quondam barber.   --Dryden.
  3. Dominion; power; authority.
     They which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them.   --Mark x. 42.
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  Lordship
       n 1: a title used to address any British peer except a duke and
            extended to a bishop or a judge; "Your Lordship"; "His
            Lordship"
       2: the authority of a lord