lord : Idioms & Phrases

• noun Englishman and Victorian poet (1809-1892)
  First Baron Tennyson; Alfred Tennyson; Tennyson.
  

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• noun (Christianity) celebration of the Ascension of Christ into heaven; observed on the 40th day after Easter
  Ascension; Ascension Day.
  

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• noun the upper house of the British parliament
  British House of Lords.
  

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• noun a person who controls an organization dealing in illegal drugs
  drug baron.
  

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• noun twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus
  January 6; Epiphany; Twelfth day; Three Kings' Day.
  

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• noun a man of rank in the ancient regime
  seignior; seigneur.
  

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• noun the British cabinet minister responsible for economic strategy
  Treasury.
  

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• the head reaper at a harvest. Obs. Tusser.

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• noun the upper house of the British parliament
  British House of Lords.
  

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• one of the constituent parts of the British Parliament, consisting of the lords spiritual and temporal.

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• peers in the British Parliament who have held high judicial office, or have been noted in the legal profession.

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• noun a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service
  liege.
  

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• noun an excessively polite and well-dressed boy
  Fauntleroy.
  

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• noun major English composer of the 20th century; noted for his operas (1913-1976)
  Edward Benjamin Britten; Benjamin Britten; Britten.
  

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• noun the highest officer of the Crown who is head of the judiciary and who presides in the House of Lords
  Lord Chancellor.
  

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• noun English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824)
  Byron; Sixth Baron Byron of Rochdale.
  

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• noun the highest officer of the Crown who is head of the judiciary and who presides in the House of Lords
  Lord Chancellor.
  

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• etc. See Chancellor, Constable, etc.

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• verb act like the master of
  put on airs; queen it over; act superior.
  
  • He is lording it over the students

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• the second in rank of the two highest judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland.

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• the highest in rank of the judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• noun English historian noted for his history of England (1800-1859)
  Macaulay; First Baron Macaulay; Thomas Babington Macaulay.
  

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• noun English admiral who defeated the French fleets of Napoleon but was mortally wounded at Trafalgar (1758-1805)
  Admiral Nelson; Viscount Nelson; Nelson; Horatio Nelson.
  

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• noun a person appointed master of revels at a Christmas celebration
  

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• the master of the revels at Christmas in a nobleman's or other great house. Eng. Cyc.

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• noun the senior cabinet minister in the British Cabinet who has no official duties
  

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• noun English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon; made important contributions to acoustic theory (1842-1919)
  John William Strutt; Third Baron Rayleigh; Rayleigh.
  

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• noun Scottish chemist noted for his research into the structure of nucleic acids (born in 1907)
  Sir Alexander Robertus Todd; Todd.
  

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• noun first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
  Sun; Sunday; Dominicus.
  

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• noun the prayer that Christ gave his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:9-13)
  

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• noun a quasi-religious rebel group in Uganda that terrorized and raped women and kidnapped children who were forced to serve in the army
  

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• noun a Christian sacrament commemorating the Last Supper by consecrating bread and wine
  Eucharist; Eucharistic liturgy; Liturgy; sacrament of the Eucharist; Holy Sacrament; Holy Eucharist.
  
• noun the traditional Passover supper of Jesus with his disciples on the eve of his crucifixion
  Last Supper.
  

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• noun the table in Christian churches where communion is given
  altar; communion table.
  

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Lords" and La"dies

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1. (Bot.) The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), -- those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with pale spadix the ladies. Dr. Prior.

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• noun the clergy in France and the heads of the church in Britain
  first estate.
  

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• the archbishops and bishops who have seats in the House of Lords.

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• noun the nobility in France and the peerage in Britain
  second estate.
  

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• the peers of England; also, sixteen representative peers of Scotland, and twenty-eight representatives of the Irish peerage.

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• noun common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
  cuckoopint; jack-in-the-pulpit; Arum maculatum.
  

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• noun a feudal lord who was lord to his own tenants on land held from a superior lord
  

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• Jesus Christ; the Savior.

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• noun yucca of southwestern United States and Mexico with a tall spike of creamy white flowers
  Yucca whipplei.
  

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• noun a powerful newspaper proprietor
  

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• an officer of the crown, who waits upon the sovereign on the day of coronation, and provides requisites for the palace of Westminster, and for the House of Lords during the session of Parliament. Under him are the gentleman of the black rod and other officers. His office is distinct from that of the lord chamberlain of the Household, whose functions relate to the royal housekeeping.

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• Sunday; the Christian Sabbath, on which the Lord Jesus rose from the dead.

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• the prayer which Jesus taught his disciples. Matt. vi. 9-13.

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• . (a) The paschal supper partaken of by Jesus the night before his crucifixion . (b) The sacrament of the eucharist; the holy communion.

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• . (a) The altar or table from which the sacrament is dispensed . (b) The sacrament itself.

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• . See Lord high treasurer of England, under Treasurer. Eng.

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