Lord
proper nouninterjectionnountop 1 000 in film dialogue
- United Kingdom//lɔːd//
- United States//lɔɹd//
The Abrahamic deity of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths.
proper noun
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The Abrahamic deity of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths.
The breath of worldly men cannot depose The Deputie elected by the Lord ...
If the Lord wanted me to feel better, he'd put me out of my misery. But He wants me to suffer. He's still punishing me.
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The Abrahamic deity of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths. The God of Abraham and the Jewish scriptures.
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The Abrahamic deity of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths. God the Father; the Godhead.
Some trust in charets, and some in horses: but wee will remember the Name of the Lord our God.
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Jesus Christ, God the Son.
Therfore I doe you to vnderſtand that no má ſpeaking in the Spirit of God, ſaith anáthema to IESVS. And no man can ſay, Our Lord IESVS: but in the holy Ghoſt.
How loyal in the following of thy Lord!
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Any other deity particularly important to a religion or a worshipper.
...and our Lord [the Horned God] as Master, Father, and Sage.
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An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for someone who either acted as if he were a lord or had worked in a lord's household.
Etymology
See lord. In reference to the God of the Jewish Tanakh and Christian Bible, originally a translation (attested from the late Old English form hlāford) of the Vulgate Latin Dominus (“master of a house; lord”), translating the New Testament and the Septuagint's Ancient Greek ὁ κύριος or Κύριος (ó kýrios, "the supreme one; Lord, Kyrios"), both in reference to Hebrew אֲדֹנָי (ʾdny, "my lord; my Lord, Adonai") from אדון (ʾdwn, "lord, patron; Lord") + י- (-y, "my"), cognate with Phoenician 𐤀𐤃𐤍 (ʾdn, "lord; Lord, Adon"). Adonai appears in the Tanakh both directly and as a euphemism read aloud during occurrences of the Tetragrammaton יהוה (YHWH, "I Am that I Am; Jehovah"). See the usage notes below. Displaced the earlier term Drighten.
interjection
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An interjection variously expressing astonishment, surprise, resignation.
O Lord I must laugh.
Lord, lord, Carrados, the tragic monotony of your elderly professional nonentity!
noun
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A formal title of the lesser British nobility, used for a lord of the manor or Lord Proprietor.
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A generic title used in reference to any peer of the British nobility or any peer below the dignity of duke and (as a courtesy title) for the younger sons of dukes and marquesses (see usage note).
How do you do, Lord Darlington?
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Similar formal and generic titles in other countries.
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An additional title added to denote the dignity of certain high officials, such as the "Lord Mayors" of major cities in the British Commonwealth
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The elected president of a festival.
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A high priest.
Forms
- plural
- Lords
Lord · The Abrahamic deity of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths.
LORD · Typographical variant of Lord, particularly in English…lordship · The state or condition of being a lord.Lorelai · A female given name from German.