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ˈlɔr dɪŋlord·ing

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  1. lordingnoun

    lord

  2. lordingnoun

    lordling

    Sir Loyd was born to succeed a petty lording or mere lordling, later a grander inheritance made that mean lusciously landed lord

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Lordingnoun

    Lord in contempt or ridicule.

    Etymology: from lord.

    I’ll question you
    Of my lord’s tricks, and yours, when you were boys.
    You were pretty lordings then? William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

    To lordings proud I tune my lay,
    Who feast in bower or hall;
    Though dukes they be, to dukes I say,
    That pride will have a fall. Jonathan Swift.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Lording

    of Lord

  2. Lordingnoun

    the son of a lord; a person of noble lineage

  3. Lordingnoun

    a little lord; a lordling; a lord, in contempt or ridicule

  4. Etymology: [Lord + -ing, 3.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of lording in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of lording in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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