Noun

1. The state or condition of being a lord; hence (with his or your), a title applied to a lord (except an archbishop or duke, who is called Grace) or a judge (in Great Britain), etc.
2. Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor.

   What lands and lordships for their owner know My quondam barber. -Dryden.

3. Dominion; power; authority.

   They which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them. -Mark x. 42.

4. Formal form of address to a judge.

   "May I ask that the order be granted, if your lordship so pleases?"