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The following 12 entries include the term lord of.
lord of misrule
noun phrase: a master of Christmas revels in England especially in the 15th and 16th centuries
first lord of the treasury
: the principal lord commissioner of the treasury whose office has only nominal official duties but is usually held by the British prime minister
lord of appeal in ordinary
: a life peer with eminent legal qualifications appointed to act as one of the principal members of the House of Lords in its proceedings as a court of last resort
lord of council and session
: a judge of the Court of Session in Scotland
lord of erection
: the lord or superior of a temporal lordship created by secularization of an ecclesiastical benefice at the time of the Reformation
lord of regality
: one formerly granted rights of regalities by a Scottish king
lord of session
lord of the admiralty
lord of the articles
: one of a standing committee of the Scottish Parliament charged with the drafting and preparation of the acts or bills for laws
lord of the ascendant
: a planet whose house is rising in the east
lord of the bedchamber
: a lord in waiting in the British royal household
lord of the treasury
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