Lording ppl. a.

[f. LORD v. + -ING².] That lords, in senses of the vb.

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c. 1400. trans. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh., 54. A man may … by tokenynges perseyue whether wyt or no wyt be yn a kynge lordand.

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c. 1629. Layton, Syons Plea (ed. 2), 6. Where the Spirit recounteth by name all the sorts of Ministery,… Eph. iv. 11 there is not one word of such a Lording Ministry.

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1641. R. Brooke, Eng. Episc., II. vii. 112. The … Cruell Tyranny of some Lording Prelates.

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1880. G. Meredith, Tragic Com. (1881), 39. She tried to be revolted by his lording tone.

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