单词 | lord superior |
释义 | > as lemmaslord superior lord superior n. †(a) Scottish a feudal overlord (obsolete); (b) (the title or position of) the king of England in relation to the king of Scotland from the reign of Edward I until the Union of the Crowns in 1603 (historical). [In sense (b) probably after post-classical Latin superior dominus regni Scotiae, lit. ‘overlord of the kingdom of Scotland’, and similar expressions (from 1291 in British sources).] ΚΠ a1649 W. Drummond Hist. Scotl. (1655) 135 If the evidences of any possessour of Ward-lands be not in all points formal.., the lands..shall return to the Lord Superiour. 1702 A. Birnie Compend Ordinary Securities Scotl. (new ed.) 143 I Alexander, Lord Superior of the Lands of &c...Ratifie, Approve, and..perpetually confirm the Charter. 1795 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. XVI. 26 Musselburgh is an ancient ecclesiastical and incorporate burgh, holden of the Lord Superior of the Regality. 1825 W. Tennant John Baliol iii. vi. 99 As thy King's lord superior, I repeal His sentence gone against thee. 1997 B. Webster in J. Cannon Oxf. Compan. Brit. Hist. 77 Edward I..had insisted that all the claimants acknowledged his right to be lord superior of Scotland. < as lemmas |
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