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Lords
Lords : house of lords
Lord
Lord [fr. hlaford, laford, lord, Sax., hlaf, a loaf of bread, and ford, to give, because such great men kept extraordinary houses, and fed all the poor; for which reason they were called givers of bread],...
Lording
The son of a lord a person of noble lineage
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A hump backed person so called sportively
House of Lords
House of Lords, a constituent part of Parliament, being composed of the lords spiritual and temporal. The upper chambers of British parliament, of which the 11 member judicial committee provides judge who serve as the final...
Lord in Gross
Lord in Gross, he who is lord, not by reason of any manor, but as the king in respect of his crown, etc. Very lord, is he who is immediate lord to his tenant; and very...
Chancellor, Lord
Chancellor, Lord, properly, 'the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain' [fr. Cancellarius, low Lat., cancelli, Lat., latticework], the highest judicial functionary in the kingdom, and superior, in point of precedency, to every temporal lord. He is...
Lords of Appeal in Ordinary
Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, originally two persons having held high judicial office, or practised at the bar for not less than fifteen years, appointed, with a salary of 6,000l. a year, to aid the House...
Lord Lieutenant of a County
Lord Lieutenant of a County, an officer of great distinction, appointed by the Crown for the managing of the standing militia of the county, and all military mattes therein. Lords lieutenant are supposed to have been...
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