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| lord | 1. One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor. "But now I was the lord Of this fair mansion." (Shak) "Man over men He made not lord." (Milton) 2. A titled nobleman, whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a boron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank. 3. A title bestowed on the persons above named; and also, for honor, on certain official persons; as, lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, etc. 4. A husband. "My lord being old also." "Thou worthy lord Of that unworthy wife that greeteth thee." (Shak) 5. One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor. 6. The Supreme Being; Jehovah. When Lord, in the Old Testament, is printed in small capitals, it is usually equivalent to Jehovah, and might, with more propriety, be so rendered. 7. The Savior; Jesus Christ. House of Lords, one of the constituent parts of the British Parliament, consisting of the lords spiritual and temporal. Lord high chancellor, Lord high constable, etc. See Chancellor, Constable, etc. Lord justice clerk, the second in rank of the two highest judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland. Lord justice general, or Lord president, the highest in rank of the judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland. Lord keeper, an ancient officer of the English crown, who had the custody of the king's great seal, with authority to affix it to public documents. The office is now merged in that of the chancellor. Lord lieutenant, a representative of British royalty: the lord lieutenant of Ireland being the representative of royalty there, and exercising supreme administrative authority; the lord lieutenant of a county being a deputy to manage its military concerns, and also to nominate to the chancellor the justices of the peace for that county. Lord of misrule, the master of the revels at Christmas in a nobleman's or other great house. Lords spiritual, the archbishops and bishops who have seats in the House of Lords. Lords temporal, the peers of England; also, sixteen representative peers of Scotland, and twenty-eight representatives of the Irish peerage. Our lord, Jesus Christ; the Savior. The Lord's Day, Sunday; the Christian Sabbath, on which the Lord Jesus rose from the dead. The Lord's Prayer, the prayer which Jesus taught his disciples. The Lord's Supper. The paschal supper partaken of by Jesus the night before his crucifixion. The sacrament of the eucharist; the holy communion. The Lord's Table. The altar or table from which the sacrament is dispensed. The sacrament itself. Origin: OE. Lord, laverd, loverd, AS. Hlaford, for hlafweard, i. E, bread keeper; hlaf bread, loaf + weardian to look after, to take care of, to ward. See Loaf, and Ward to guard, and cf. Laird, Lady. A hump-backed person; so called sportively. Origin: Cf. Gr. Bent so as to be convex in front. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| lording | 1. The son of a lord; a person of noble lineage. 2. A little lord; a lordling; a lord, in contempt or ridicule. In the plural, a common ancient mode of address equivalent to "Sirs" or "My masters." "Therefore, lordings all, I you beseech." (Chaucer) Origin: Lord + -ing, 3. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lordoscoliosis | Combined backward and lateral curvature of the spine. Origin: G. Lordos, bent back, + skoliosis, crookedness, fr. Skolios, bent, aslant (05 Mar 2000) |
| lordosis | Accentuation of the lumbar curvature of the spine. (27 Sep 1997) |
| lordosis reflex | Adoption of a copulatory posture when touched on the back; exhibited by female animals of certain species but only during the time of estrus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lordotic | Pertaining to or marked by lordosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lordotic albuminuria | So-called on the theory that the albuminuria results from pressure due to lordosis in the lumbar spine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lordotic pelvis | A deformed pelvis associated with lordosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| lords and ladies | <botany> The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with pale spadix the ladies. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lordship | 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) 3. Dominion; power; authority. "They which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them." (Mark x. 42) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Brain, W Russell Lord | <person> English physician, 1895-1966. See: Brain's reflex. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Rayleigh, Lord John | <person> British physicist and Nobel laureate, 1842-1919. See: Rayleigh equation, Rayleigh test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Wheeler, Henry Lord | <person> U.S. Chemist, 1867-1914. See: Wheeler-Johnson test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Kelvin, Lord William Thomson | <person> Scottish physicist, 1824-1907. See: kelvin, Kelvin scale. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Lister, Joseph Lord | <person> English surgeon, 1827-1912. See: Listerella, Listeria, listerism, Lister's dressing, Lister's method, Lister's tubercle. (05 Mar 2000) |
Synonyms :
| lordosis |
an abnormal inward (forward) curvature of the vertebral column
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dipped: having abnormal sagging of the spine (especially in horses)
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| lordotic proteinuria |
postural proteinuria due to lordotic deformity of the spine.
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| lordosis |
Ventrally convex curvature of the spine, contrasting with the normally concave condition.
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| lordosis |
Exaggerated forward curvature of the lower spine causing swayback.
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| Lord | the Judeo-Christian God |
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| Lord | a titled peer of the realm |
| Lord | a person who has general authority over others |
| Lord | make a lord of someone |
| Lord | major English composer of the 20th century |
| Lord | English romantic poet notorious for his rebellious and unconventional lifestyle (1788-1824) |
| Lord | the British cabinet minister who is head of the judiciary and Speaker of the House of Lords |
| Lord | the British cabinet minister who is head of the judiciary and Speaker of the House of Lords |
| Lord | act like the master of |
| Lord | a person appointed master of revels at a Christmas celebration |
| Lord | the senior cabinet minister in the British Cabinet who has no official duties |
| Lord | English physicist who studied the density of gases and discovered argon |
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