Lordship, chief authority; = aldership, n. 1. Now 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…

The dignity, functions, or position of a lord; dominion; sovereignty; (also) power over (also occasionally †on) or ownership of something specified…

Lordship, chief authority. Cf. ealdordom, n. 1a.

Power of a lord or master, jurisdiction, dominion; power to dispose of, or to hurt or harm; esp. in in (a person's) danger, within his power or…

Lordship, domination, sovereignty. Obsolete.

transferred and figurative. Possession; dominion, power.

= lordship, n.

†(a) the action of exercising lordship or dominion (obsolete); (b) (in later use) the action of referring to or addressing a person as ‘lordship’.

A lordship or sovereignty (obsolete).

The action, state, or fact of exercising lordship or control; dominion, domination, control. With possessive adjective or phrase indicating the…

Lordship, dominion, rule. Also figurative.

The power or right of governing and controlling; sovereign authority; lordship, sovereignty; rule, sway; control, influence.

Lordship, government. Also: a domain, territory.

Lordship, governance.

Lordship, sovereignty, power; régime. Now rare or Obsolete.

Lordship, dominion. Obsolete.