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Peerdom :: Peerdom (n.) Peerage; also, a lordship..

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

Merchet :: Merchet (n.) In old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's daughters..

Dives :: Dives (n.) The name popularly given to the rich man in our Lord's parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke xvi. 19-31). Hence, a name for a rich worldling..

Farmer :: Farmer (n.) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown..

Coshering :: Coshering (n.) A feudal prerogative of the lord of the soil entitling him to lodging and food at his tenant's house.

Unlorded :: Unlorded (a.) Deprived of the rank of a lord.

Liege :: Liege (n.) A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign..

Signiorize :: Signiorize (v. t.) To exercise dominion over; to lord it over.

Seigniorize :: Seigniorize (v. t.) To lord it over.

Greencloth :: Greencloth (n.) A board or court of justice formerly held in the counting house of the British sovereign's household, composed of the lord steward and his officers, and having cognizance of matters of justice in the household, with power to correct offenders and keep the peace within the verge of the palace, which extends two hundred yards beyond the gates..

Taille :: Taille (n.) Any imposition levied by the king, or any other lord, upon his subjects..

Rent :: Rent (n.) A certain periodical profit, whether in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in payment for the use; commonly, a certain pecuniary sum agreed upon between a tenant and his landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the lessor, for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent for a farm, a house, a park, etc..

Lord :: Lord (v. t.) To rule or preside over as a lord.

Liege :: Liege (a.) Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord..

Syncarp :: Synaxis (n.) A congregation; also, formerly, the Lord's Supper..

Lord :: Lord (n.) A husband.

Attornment :: Attornment (n.) The act of a feudatory, vassal, or tenant, by which he consents, upon the alienation of an estate, to receive a new lord or superior, and transfers to him his homage and service; the agreement of a tenant to acknowledge the purchaser of the estate as his landlord..

Parliament :: Parliament (n.) The assembly of the three estates of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, viz., the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and the representatives of the commons, sitting in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, constituting the legislature, when summoned by the royal authority to consult on the affairs of the nation, and to enact and repeal laws..

Grandeeship :: Grandeeship (n.) The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship.

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