LORD, n.

1. A master; a person possessing supreme power and authority; a ruler; a governor. Man over man / He made not lord. – Milton. But now I was the lord / Of this fair mansion. – Shak.
2. A tyrant; an oppressive ruler. – Dryden.
3. A husband. Aloft in bitterness of soul deplored / My absent daughter, and my dearer lord. – Pope. My lord also being old. – Gen. xviii.
4. A baron; the proprietor of a manor; as, the lord of the manor.
5. A nobleman; a title of honor in Great Britain given to those who are noble by birth or creation; a peer of the realm, including dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts and barons. Archbishops and bishops also, as members of the house of lords, are lords of parliament. Thus we say, lords temporal and spiritual. By courtesy also the title is given to the sons of dukes and marquises, and to the eldest sons of earls. – Encyc.
6. An honorary title bestowed on certain official characters; as, lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, &c.
7. In Scripture, the Supreme Being; Jehovah. When Lord, in the Old Testament is printed in capitals, it is the translation of Jehovah, and so might, with more propriety be rendered. The word is applied to Christ, Ps. cx. Col. iii. and to the Holy Spirit, 2 Thess. iii. As a title of respect, it is applied to kings, Gen. xl. 2 Sam. xix. to princes and nobles, Gen. xlii. Dan. iv. to a husband, Gen. xviii. to a prophet, 1 Kings xviii. 2. Kings ii. and to a respectable person, Gen. xxiv. Christ is called the Lord of glory, 1 Cor. ii. and Lord of lords, Rev. xix.

To domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; sometimes followed by over, and sometimes by it, in the manner of a transitive verb. The whiles she lordeth in licentious bliss. – Spenser. I see them lording it in London streets. – Shak. They lorded over them whom they now serve. – Milton.

To invest with the dignity and privileges of a lord. – Shak.

1. A hump-backed person; -- so called sportively.
   
   
   [Eng.] Richardson (Dict.).
2. One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor.
   
   

   But now I was the lord
   Of this fair mansion. Shak.

   Man over men
   He made not lord. Milton.

3. To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord.
   
   
   [R.] Shak.
4. To play the lord] to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb.
   
   

   The whiles she lordeth in licentious bliss. Spenser.

   I see them lording it in London streets. Shak.

   And lorded over them whom now they serve. Milton.

5. A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a baron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank.
   
   
   [Eng.]
6. To rule or preside over as a lord.
   
   
   [R.]
7. A title bestowed on the persons above named; and also, for honor, on certain official persons; as, lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, etc.
   
   
   [Eng.]
8. A husband.
   
   
   "My lord being old also." Gen. xviii. 12.

   Thou worthy lord
   Of that unworthy wife that greeteth thee. Shak.

9. One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor.
10. The Supreme Being; Jehovah.
    
    

    * When Lord, in the Old Testament, is printed in small capitals, it is usually equivalent to Jehovah, and might, with more propriety, be so rendered.

11. The Savior; Jesus Christ.
    
    

    House of Lords, one of the constituent parts of the British Parliament, consisting of the lords spiritual and temporal. -- Lord high chancellor, Lord high constable, etc. See Chancellor, Constable, etc. -- Lord justice clerk, the second in rank of the two highest judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland. -- Lord justice general, or Lord president, the highest in rank of the judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland. -- Lord keeper, an ancient officer of the English crown, who had the custody of the king's great seal, with authority to affix it to public documents. The office is now merged in that of the chancellor. -- Lord lieutenant, a representative of British royalty: the lord lieutenant of Ireland being the representative of royalty there, and exercising supreme administrative authority; the lord lieutenant of a county being a deputy to manage its military concerns, and also to nominate to the chancellor the justices of the peace for that county. -- Lord of misrule, the master of the revels at Christmas in a nobleman's or other great house. Eng. Cyc. -- Lords spiritual, the archbishops and bishops who have seats in the House of Lords. -- Lords temporal, the peers of England; also, sixteen representative peers of Scotland, and twenty-eight representatives of the Irish peerage. -- Our lord, Jesus Christ; the Savior. -- The Lord's Day, Sunday; the Christian Sabbath, on which the Lord Jesus rose from the dead. -- The Lord's Prayer, the prayer which Jesus taught his disciples. Matt. vi. 9-13. -- The Lord's Supper. (a) The paschal supper partaken of by Jesus the night before his crucifixion. (b) The sacrament of the eucharist; the holy communion. -- The Lord's Table. (a) The altar or table from which the sacrament is dispensed. (b) The sacrament itself.