Definition of "Lord"

Lord

/lɔːd/

proper noun
countable and uncountable, plural Lords
1. The Abrahamic deity of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths.
  Quotations
  The breath of worldly men cannot depose,The deputy elected by the Lord.
  1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act III, scene ii], line 53
  Their act emphasized their acceptance of Islam as their new allegiance and the forsaking of the true and Living God, Jehovah (the LORD), with devotion to the moon god idol Allah. Abram was given a new name, as well, by the LORD.
  2017, Raymond Grant, Dialogue with Deity: Genesis and Jesus
  1. (Judaism, Islam) The God of Abraham and the Jewish scriptures.
  2. (Christianity) God the Father; the Godhead.
    Quotations
    Some trust in charets, and some in horses: but wee will remember the Name of the Lord our God.
    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Psalms 20:7
2. (Christianity) Jesus Christ, God the Son.
  Quotations
  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.
  1582, Douay–Rheims Bible, 1 Corinth. 12:3
  How loyal in the following of thy Lord!
  1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], (please specify |part=Prologue or Rpilogue, or |canto=I to CXXIX)
3. (religion) Any other deity particularly important to a religion or a worshipper.
  Quotations
  ...and our Lord [the Horned God] as Master, Father, and Sage.
  2002, A.J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together‎, page 89
4. 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.
interjection
1. (originally an invocation) An interjection variously expressing astonishment, surprise, resignation.
  Quotations
  O Lord I must laugh.
  c. 1595, William Shakespeare, The Comedie of Errors, published 1623, iii. i. 50
noun
plural Lords
1. A formal title of the lesser British nobility, used for a lord of the manor or Lord Proprietor.
2. 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).
  Quotations
  How do you do, Lord Darlington?
  1892, Oscar Wilde, “Act I”, in Lady Windermere's Fan […] ‎
3. Similar formal and generic titles in other countries.
4. An additional title added to denote the dignity of certain high officials, such as the "Lord Mayors" of major cities in the British Commonwealth
5. The elected president of a festival.
6. (Wicca) A high priest.

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