lordship meaning
EN
[ˈlɔːd.ʃɪp] [ˈlɔɹd.ʃɪp] - NounPLlordshipsSUF-ship
- The state or condition of being a lord.
- (hence, with his or your) Title applied to a lord (except an archbishop or duke, who is called Grace) or a formal form of address applied to a judge (in Great Britain), etc.
- May I ask that the order be granted, if your lordship so pleases?
- Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.
- Dominion; power; authority.
- The state or condition of being a lord.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Charles had not been employed at Darracott Place above six months, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of lordship in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Morphemes
- Suffixes
- Words by suffix
- Words suffixed with -ship
- Words suffixed with -ship
- Suffixes that form nouns from adjectives and nouns
- Words suffixed with -ship
- Words suffixed with -ship
- Words by suffix
- Suffixes
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Morphemes
- en lordships
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "lordship" is a morpheme, more specifically, a suffixe. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.