LORDSHIPS Synonyms: 97 Similar and Opposite Words

lordships

noun

plural of lordship

as in scepters

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as in princes

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Noun

Their dominions extend not merely over territory, trade routes, and airspace but over knowledge itself.

— Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
The show represents a milestone in American TV, when showrunners like Shonda Rhimes began to become famous names in and of themselves, and create whole dominions of TV shows on networks and streaming services.

— Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 29 June 2026

Definition of dominions

Noun

Modern-day courtiers and princes–to say nothing of bureaucrats–should not be the ones deciding what gets made and who gets to see it.

— Christopher Koopman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
Fictional princes fill pop culture, from heroic leaders in science fiction empires to charming ones in modern takes on classic fairy tales.

— Sarah Scott, Parents, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of princes

Noun

Such an approach runs the risk of gawking at an unfamiliar people, their hegemonies and their ways of life, even with the best intentions.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
The way in which sculpture has been used either by ideological regimes or political hegemonies is a long history.

— Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026

Definition of hegemonies

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In the 13th century, as the Magna Carta encoded the rights of English barons, the Carta de Foresta laid out the rights of commoners to pasture cattle in the open places among the English forests.

— James Whorton Jr, Longreads, 13 Oct. 2026
At one point, Soulan points out that the crime of fuel-smuggling is minor compared to the barons profiting off the very same — and shouldn’t the motivation, the practical outcome of the act, count for something?

— Kambole Campbell, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026

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