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Soc :: Soc (n.) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction..

Congregation :: Congregation (n.) the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation.

Approvement :: Approvement (n.) Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor..

Avenage :: Avenage (n.) A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent.

Consubstantiation :: Consubstantiation (n.) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; impanation; -- opposed to transubstantiation..

Suspension :: Suspension (n.) A stay or postponement of execution of a sentence condemnatory by means of letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.

Hypothec :: Hypothec (n.) A landlord's right, independently of stipulation, over the stocking (cattle, implements, etc.), and crops of his tenant, as security for payment of rent..

Sergeant :: Sergeant (n.) Formerly, in England, an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred; also, an officer whose duty was to attend on the king, and on the lord high steward in court, to arrest traitors and other offenders. He is now called sergeant-at-arms, and two of these officers, by allowance of the sovereign, attend on the houses of Parliament (one for each house) to execute their commands, and another attends the Court Chancery..

Black Rod :: Black Rod () the usher to the Chapter of the Garter, so called from the black rod which he carries. He is of the king's chamber, and also usher to the House of Lords..

Lord :: Lord (n.) The Savior; Jesus Christ.

Cope :: Cope (n.) An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England..

Over :: Over (a.) Upper; covering; higher; superior; also, excessive; too much or too great; -- chiefly used in composition; as, overshoes, overcoat, over-garment, overlord, overwork, overhaste..

Epanadiplosis :: Epanadiplosis (n.) A figure by which the same word is used both at the beginning and at the end of a sentence; as, Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice..

Fine :: Fine (n.) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal..

Bloodsucker :: Bloodsucker (n.) A hard and exacting master, landlord, or money lender; an extortioner..

Synosteology :: Synoptist (n.) Any one of the authors of the three synoptic Gospels, which give a history of our Lord's life and ministry, in distinction from the writer of John's Gospel, which gives a fuller record of his teachings..

Hall :: Hall (n.) The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment..

Lord :: Lord (n.) One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor..

Lordkin :: Lordkin (n.) A little lord.

Fealty :: Fealty (n.) Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; the special oath by which this obligation was assumed; fidelity to a superior power, or to a government; loyality. It is no longer the practice to exact the performance of fealty, as a feudal obligation..

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