You use the expressions Your Lordship, His Lordship, or Their Lordships when you are addressing or referring to a judge, bishop, or male member of the nobility.
[politeness]
My name is Richard Savage, your Lordship.
His Lordship expressed the hope that the Law Commission might look at the subject.
lordship in British English
(ˈlɔːdʃɪp)
noun
the position or authority of a lord
Lordship in British English
(ˈlɔːdʃɪp)
noun
(preceded byYour or His) British
a title used to address or refer to a bishop, a judge of the high court, or any peer except a duke
lordship in American English
(ˈlɔrdˌʃɪp)
noun
1.
the rank or authority of a lord
2.
rule; dominion
3.
the territory of a lord
4. [oftenL-]
a title used in speaking to or of a lord
, preceded by Your or His
Word origin
OE hlafordscipe: see -ship
Examples of 'lordship' in a sentence
lordship
Their Lordships agreed with the trial judge.
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Those were extreme positions and his Lordship rejected both.
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Their Lordships then considered the position under international law.
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Their Lordships did not accept that construction.
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His Lordship had concluded that the judgment of the district judge was flawed.
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In the second appeal his Lordship also agreed with the judge.
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His Lordship also rejected the second argument.
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His Lordship considered the latter the more probable.
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His Lordship did not accept that argument.
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His Lordship could not conclude that the judge must have made it by necessary implication.
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His Lordship considered that argument unsatisfactory for two connected reasons.
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His Lordship could not accept that that exercise had always to be conducted again.
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His Lordship concluded that the interpretation exception should be recognised for the following reasons.
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His Lordship considered it impossible to limit the application of the new formula in that way.
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His Lordship concluded that the administrator was a necessary party to a derivative claim by a beneficiary.
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But the point had been fully argued and his Lordship would consider it.
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His Lordship concluded that it did not.
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His Lordship would reject that distinction.
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His Lordship rejected the first argument.
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His Lordship could not accept that.
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Their Lordships did not agree.
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His Lordship agreed with that.
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His Lordship would therefore reject the judge's narrow construction.
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In other languages
Lordship
British English: Lordship NOUN
You use the expressions Your Lordship, His Lordship, or Their Lordships when you are addressing or referring to a judge, bishop, or male member of the nobility.
Thank you, your Lordship.
American English: Lordship
Brazilian Portuguese: forma de tratamento para um lorde
Chinese: 大人
European Spanish: señoría
French: Monsieur le lord
German: Lordschaft
Italian: Signoria
Japanese: 閣下
Korean: 각하
European Portuguese: forma de tratamento para um lorde