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MASTERS |
Lords |
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EARLS |
Lords |
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LIEGES |
Feudal lords |
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APPLAUDS |
Cheers up lords with announcement |
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NOBILITY |
Lords know Billy T and say so |
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LANDLADIES |
Leading lords and their wives are property owners |
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ADMIRALTY |
The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in
England, transact business. |
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INFANGTHEF |
The privilege granted to lords of certain manors to
judge thieves taken within the seigniory of such lords. |
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SUBINFEUDATION |
The granting of lands by inferior lords to their
dependents, to be held by themselves by feudal tenure. |
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TRIBUNAL |
Hence, a court or forum; as, the House of Lords, in
England, is the highest tribunal in the kingdom. |
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CONGREGATION |
The name assumed by the Protestant party under John
Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation. |
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LORDS AND LADIES |
The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), -- those
with purplish spadix the lords, and those with pale spadix the ladies. |
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SPIRITUAL |
Not lay or temporal; relating to sacred things;
ecclesiastical; as, the spiritual functions of the clergy; lords
spiritual and temporal; a spiritual corporation. |
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TOLSESTER |
A toll or tribute of a sextary of ale, paid to the lords
of some manors by their tenants, for liberty to brew and sell ale. |
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BLACK ROD |
The usher to the Chapter of the Garter, so called from the
black rod which he carries. He is of the king's chamber, and also usher
to the House of Lords. |
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WOOLSACK |
A sack or bag of wool; specifically, the seat of the lord
chancellor of England in the House of Lords, being a large, square sack
of wool resembling a divan in form. |
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REICHSRATH |
The parliament of Austria (exclusive of Hungary, which
has its own diet, or parliament). It consists of an Upper and a Lower
House, or a House of Lords and a House of Representatives. |
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PROTEST |
...ings of a
legislative body; as, the protest of lords in Parliament. ... |
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STATE |
...ting a
community of a particular character; as, the civil and ecclesiastical
states, or the lords spiritual and temporal and the commons, in Gre... |
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ESTATE |
...ates of the
realm (England), which are (1) the lords spiritual, (2) the lords
temporal, (3) the commons. ... |
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LORD |
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,... |
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HOUSE |
One of the estates of a kingdom or other government
assembled in parliament or legislature; a body of men united in a
legislative capacity; as,... |
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BARON |
A title or degree of nobility; originally, the possessor of
a fief, who had feudal tenants under him; in modern times, in France
and Germany, a... |
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THANE |
...ely of them, and the ordinary
thanes, who were lords of manors and who had particular jurisdiction
within their limits. After the Conquest, this... |
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PARLIAMENT |
...ingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, viz., the lords spiritual, lords
temporal, and the representatives of the commons, sitting in the House
... |