lords
Men of rank
Lords is the plural of lord, a man of high rank or authority.
In British nobility, lords hold titles such as baron, viscount, earl, marquess, or duke.
The word extends to anyone with power over others: feudal lords, drug lords, landlords.
To lord over someone is to dominate them arrogantly: He lords his success over his siblings. (Capitalized Lords refers to the House of Lords or the cricket ground.)
Rule by hereditary elite
- peerageSystem of noble ranks
- dukeHighest-ranking nobleman
- marquessNobleman below duke
- earlBritish hereditary noble rank
viscount · baron · countess · baroness · dame · gentry · blueblood · highborn
Land-holding sworn subordinate
- liegeFeudal superior or subject
- fiefGranted feudal estate
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
- serfdomFeudal bound labor
homage · allegiance · suzerainty · demesne · peasantry · stewardship · manorialism · oath
Property and grounds
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
- acreageAmount of land owned
- holdingsProperty one owns
- domainArea of control
grounds · property · tenant · farmstead · cultivation · steward · demesne · hereditary
Authority to rule
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- ruleGoverning principle or standard
- reignSovereign's time in power
supremacy · dominance · power · control · ascendancy · mastery · overlordship · decree
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
earl · viscount · baron · countess · baroness · dame · gentry · blueblood · highborn · patrician
vassal
Land-holding sworn subordinate
serfdom · homage · allegiance · suzerainty · demesne · peasantry · stewardship · manorialism · oath · knight
estate
Property and grounds
domain · grounds · property · tenant · farmstead · cultivation · steward · demesne · hereditary · inheritance
dominion
Authority to rule
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- ruleGoverning principle or standard
reign · supremacy · dominance · power · control · ascendancy · mastery · overlordship · decree · mandate
Christ
The anointed savior
praise · sacred · scripture · blessing · hymn · devotion · providence · almighty · heavenly
- medievalknights, castles, cathedral, kings, queens
- medieval societyserfs, noble lineage, peasants, serf, heir
- authorityleaders, ruler, rulers, monarch, bosses
- eliteselites, plutocrats, oligarchs, aristocrats, blue bloods
- historical romanceVictorian romance, medieval romance, period drama, love stories, romantic plots
- medieval courtkings, queens, lady, queen, princes
lordscommoners
Ordinary citizens, untitled
peasants · serfs · lowborn · plebeians · common folk
lordsservants
Hired household workers
subjects · vassals · subordinates · followers · underlings
- dear LordShocked invocation
- praise the LordReligious exclamation of worship
- Lord of the RingsFantasy saga, one band's destruction
- The Lord of the Rings
- lord have mercyExclamation seeking divine compassion
- drug lordsCriminal trafficking kingpins
lord, landlord, lordly, warlord, lording, lorded, lordship, overlord, lordling