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Noun: lordliness  lo(r)d-li-nus
  1. Formality in bearing and appearance
    "he behaved with great lordliness"
    - dignity, gravitas
     
  2. Overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors
    - arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness

Derived forms: lordlinesses

See also: lordly

Type of: bearing, comportment, mien, presence, pride, superbia

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Lord High Chancellor
lord it over
Lord Macaulay
Lord Mayor
Lord Nelson
Lord of Misrule
Lord Privy Seal
Lord Rayleigh
Lord Todd
lordless
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lordling
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lordolatry
lordosis
lordotic
Lord's Day
Lord's Prayer
Lord's Resistance Army
Lords Spiritual
Lord's Supper