lordliness
Air of nobility
Lordliness is the quality of behaving like a lord—with dignity, nobility, or commanding presence.
The word can be admiring: She carried herself with a natural lordliness.
More often it suggests arrogance or condescension toward perceived inferiors: His lordliness made him insufferable to the staff.
Disdainful sense of superiority
- superciliousnessScornful sense of superiority
- imperiousnessDomineering, superior demeanor
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- disdainScornful disregard
pomposity · hauteur · snobbery · aloofness · contemptuousness · overbearingness · self-importance · loftiness
Authority to rule
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- supremacyHighest rank or power
- ascendancyDominant power or influence
imperialism · overlordship · masterfulness · dominance · hegemony · rule · reign · power
Impressive supreme dignity
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
- statelinessDignified, imposing quality
- magnificenceImpressive beauty or scale
- augustnessImpressive dignity or nobility
splendor · dignity · bearing · presence · pomp · ceremonial · courtliness · elegance
haughtiness
Disdainful sense of superiority
- superciliousnessScornful sense of superiority
- imperiousnessDomineering, superior demeanor
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
disdain · pomposity · hauteur · snobbery · aloofness · contemptuousness · overbearingness · self-importance · loftiness · presumption
dominion
Authority to rule
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- supremacyHighest rank or power
ascendancy · imperialism · overlordship · masterfulness · dominance · hegemony · rule · reign · power · control
majesty
Impressive supreme dignity
- grandeurImpressive splendor and scale
- statelinessDignified, imposing quality
- magnificenceImpressive beauty or scale
augustness · splendor · dignity · bearing · presence · pomp · ceremonial · courtliness · elegance · gravitas
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
blueblood · gentility · lineage · heraldry · pedigree · birthright · breeding · ancestry · chivalry · titled
lordlinesshumility
Freedom from arrogance
modesty · meekness · unassumingness · unpretentiousness · self-effacement
lordlinesssubmissiveness
Disposition to obey others
deference · obsequiousness · servility · passiveness · passivity
lordlinesslowliness
State of modest rank
humbleness · commonness · peasantry · baseness · serfdom
lord, landlord, lords, lordly, warlord, lordship, overlord, lordless