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lairdship|ˈlɛədʃɪp|
[f. laird + -ship.]
1. The condition or dignity of a laird. Also quasi-concr. Lairds as a whole.
1854H. Miller Sch. & Schm. (1858) 395 The august shadow of lairdship lay heavy on society. 1870Ramsay Remin. (ed. 18) p. xxviii, The annals of ‘Forfarshire Lairdship’.
2. The estate of a laird.
1649Bp. Guthrie Mem. (1702) 91 Mr. A. M...having been..preferr'd to the Lairdship of Balvaird. a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. ii. 26 He wasted..the..Revenue of his Lairdship. 1725De Foe Journey thro' Scotl. (1729) 4 (Jam.) A lairdship is a tract of land with a mansion house upon it, where a gentleman hath his residence. 1816Scott Old Mort. xl, When ye tak up the lairdship, ye maun tak the auld name and designation again. 1864Burton Scot Abr. II. ii. 182 An estate held directly of the crown was a lairdship.
fig.1794Burns Contented wi' Little ii, My Freedom's my lairdship nae monarch dare touch. |