lordship
Peer's formal address
Lordship refers to the authority, power, or domain of a lord, or the state of being a lord.
It functions as a formal title of address or reference for certain British nobles and judges: His Lordship will see you now.
The term can also describe the territory over which a lord has jurisdiction or control.
In informal or ironic use, lordship mocks someone's imperious behavior: When will his lordship be ready to leave?
Land-holding sworn subordinate
- fiefGranted feudal estate
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
- serfdomFeudal bound labor
- liegeFeudal superior or subject
fealty · homage · demesne · suzerain · knight · peasant · chivalry · seneschal
Area of control
- estateProperty and grounds
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
- landsComes to ground
- demesneLord's private estate
realm · holdings · fiefdom · barony · shire · county · province · acreage
Rule by hereditary elite
- peerageSystem of noble ranks
- baronLow-ranking peer
- dukeHighest-ranking nobleman
- earlBritish hereditary noble rank
viscount · count · marquess · gentry · nobleman · blueblood · patrician · highborn
Authority to rule
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- ruleGoverning principle or standard
- governanceHow authority is exercised
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
jurisdiction · power · control · supremacy · reign · dominance · hegemony · suzerainty
vassal
Land-holding sworn subordinate
liege · fealty · homage · demesne · suzerain · knight · peasant · chivalry · seneschal · bannerman
domain
Area of control
demesne · realm · holdings · fiefdom · barony · shire · county · province · acreage · seat
aristocracy
Rule by hereditary elite
earl · viscount · count · marquess · gentry · nobleman · blueblood · patrician · highborn · lineage
dominion
Authority to rule
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- ruleGoverning principle or standard
- governanceHow authority is exercised
command · jurisdiction · power · control · supremacy · reign · dominance · hegemony · suzerainty · overlordship
milord
Address for English aristocrats
excellency · majesty · ladyship · sir · reverence · address · salutation · deference · courtesy · formality
- Medieval Eraknights, Middle Ages, castles, medieval period, kingdoms
- Medieval Europekings, queens, knights, castles, castle
- medieval societyserfs, noble lineage, peasants, serf, heir
- dominancedominance, dominant, supremacy, superiority, ascendancy
- honorsmedal, award, trophy, certificate, prize
- nobilityking, queen, prince, princess, duke
lordshippeasantry
Rural working class
serfdom · lowliness · inferiority · servitude · bondage
lordshipsubjection
State of being controlled
vassalage · subservience · subordination · submission · powerlessness