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unˈlord, v.
[un-2 6 b.]
trans. (and refl.) To deprive of the rank of lord.
1572in Neal Hist. Purit. (1732) I. 288 Because..we would have Bishops unlorded. 1648Prynne Plea for Lords 1 The treasonable..designe..to..unlord the Lords. 1669Shadwell Royal Shepherdess iii. i, Those wild desires, That made me..then Unlord my Confident. 1714Atterbury in Beeching Life ix. (1909) 261 Furnishing the Reverend Bench with such Members as few Churchmen will pity or regret, when they shall be unlorded. 1828C. Fry Scripture Reader's Guide ii. 20 He would incline to unlord himself again, and return to his companions in the cellar. 1875Tennyson Q. Mary iv. ii, We had to dis-archbishop and unlord, And make you simple Cranmer once again.
fig.1656S. Winter Serm. 42 The Papists..make void and unlord the second commandment. 1662W. Gurnall Chr. in Arm. iii. xviii. 171 Ye have made void..the Commandment ..ἠκυρώσατε, you have unlorded it.
Hence unˈlording vbl. n.
1649Milton Eikon. vi. 52 The unlording of Bishops, and expelling them the House. |