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noun 
  1. The state or condition of being a lord; hence (with his or your), a title applied to a lord (except an archbishop or duke, who is called Grace) or a judge (in Great Britain), etc.
  2. Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.
What lands and lordships for their owner know My quondam barber. -Dryden.
  1. Dominion; power; authority.
They which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise over them. -Mark x. 42.
  1. Formal form of address to a judge.
"May I ask that the order be granted, if your so pleases?"
(webster)
Translations: 
  • French: domaine
  • German: der, Der Herr
  • Italian: dominio
    (trans-mid)
  • Spanish: domino , esfera
    (trans-bottom)

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