(n) :
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; seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor
"what lands and lordships for their owner know My quondam barber. -Dryden."
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(n) :
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; seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor
"what lands and lordships for their owner know My quondam barber. -Dryden."