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'Lordship' is mostly used as a polite way to speak to or about a lord, or, in Britain, to a judge in court. You say 'Your Lordship' when you talk directly to them, and 'His Lordship' when you talk about them to someone else. It is very formal and old-fashioned sounding — you will hear it in British courtrooms, in stories about kings and nobles, or in jokes about being very formal. It can also mean the power and land that belonged to a lord long ago.
對貴族或英國法官的尊稱，中文沒有完全對應的說法，可理解為「大人」。
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
lordshipnoun/ˈlɔːd.ʃɪp/
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The state or condition of being a lord.
- For example, we know that Alfred did connect land tenure with lordship and that he was particularly interested in questions of military service[…]
- Lordship entails both privilege and responsibility. Lords have power over their subjects, but that power is granted them so that they can protect and provide for others.
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Title applied to a lord, bishop, judge, or another man with a title.
- May I ask that the order be granted, if your lordship so pleases?
- 'He's had his bath,' she said. 'He's just had his bath, bless his little lordship's heart.'
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A man (sometimes a boy) who is behaving in a seigneurial manner or acting like a lord, behaving in a bossy manner or lording it up
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Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.
- What lands and lordships for their owner know / My quondam barber, but his worship now.
- […]for whose ransom he compelled Lord Percy to build the castle of Punnoon, in the lordship of Eaglesham.
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Dominion; power; authority.
- But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。