α. see lord n. and -dom suffix; also Old English hlafordom (rare), early Middle English lauerdom.
β. late Middle English lordisdome.
单词 | lord-dom |
释义 | lord-domn.α. see lord n. and -dom suffix; also Old English hlafordom (rare), early Middle English lauerdom. β. late Middle English lordisdome. Now somewhat rare. The office or dignity of a lord; the estate or territory owned or ruled by a lord; (also) lords considered as a collective body or class. Formerly also: †rule, dominion, dominance (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > chief authority or dominion ealdordomeOE lord-domeOE lordshipeOE aldershipOE danger?c1225 seignioryc1290 demesnec1300 lordheada1325 lordshippingc1384 dominationc1386 subjectiona1393 signory?a1425 dominionc1430 signority1525 seigniority1596 dynasty1613 seigniorage1656 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > lord > [noun] > position of lord-domeOE lordshipeOE society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > lord or lady > [noun] > lord > being a lord lord-domeOE lordliness?c1450 milordliness1920 milordism1931 eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) xvii. 121 Se ðe on lareowes onlicnesse ða ðenenga ðæs ealdordomes gecierð to hlaforddome [L. in usu dominationis]. OE Charter: Æðelred & Æðelflæd to St. Peter's, Worcester (Sawyer 223) (transcript of damaged MS) in F. E. Harmer Sel. Eng. Hist. Docs. 9th & 10th Cent. (1914) 23 Heo willað on ælcum þæra gerihta þe to heora hlaforddome gebyrað, oððe on ceapstowe oððe on stræte.., geunnan healfes Gode & Sancte Petre. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 11851 Te laþe gast. Aȝȝ eggeþþ hise þeowess..To ȝeornenn affterr laferrd dom. c1225 (?c1200) Hali Meiðhad (Bodl.) (1940) 116 Ure cunde, þet is unþeawes hus & haueð mare hearrm, is al to muche lauerdom & meistrie þrinne. a1450 Pater Noster Richard Ermyte (Westm. Sch. 3) (1967) 11 (MED) As sone as we leue þe loue of hym for þe loue of þe fleisch or of any oþer erþely þing, we leese þe lordisdome of þis worlde & bicomen þrallis to so vyle þingis. 1824 New Monthly Mag. 10 521 There is no country..in which the system of lord-dom and servility is so manifestly supported as in England. 1882 J. B. Newbrough Oahspe 744/2 Behold, the firmament was overcast with falling a'ji, and our former Lord-doms were broken up and gone. 1952 S. Greenbie & M. B. Greenbie A. E. Carroll & A. Lincoln Prol. 14 To marry into the most pretentious duke-doms and Lord-doms of England. 2011 A. Bledsoe Dark Jenny xxx. 303 It was Chauncey DeGrandis, lord of the manor, trying in vain to assert his lord-dom. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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