Lord

Lord

Lord is a deferential appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler. In only a few cases is "lord" a substantive title in itself, most commonly that of the Lord of the Manor and certain vestigial titles from the age of feudalism such as Lord of Mann, in other cases it is a generic term applied, for example, to persons who hold a title of the peerage or persons entitled to courtesy titles, or to refer to a group or body of peers.

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Famous quotes containing the word lord:

    The LORD by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding he established the heavens; by his knowledge the deeps broke open, and the clouds drop down the dew.
    Bible: Hebrew, Proverbs 3:19-20.

    For the LORD will not cast away his people, for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for himself.
    Bible: Hebrew, 1 Samuel 12:22.

    To go where? In that Dark—that—in that God? a
    radiance? A Lord in the Void? Like an eye in the black cloud in a
    dream? Adonoi at last, with you?
    Allen Ginsberg (b. 1926)