House of Lords, one of the constituent parts of the British Parliament,
consisting of the lords spiritual and temporal. -- Lord high
chancellor, Lord high constable, etc. See Chancellor, Constable, etc.
-- Lord justice clerk, the second in rank of the two highest judges of
the Supreme Court of Scotland. -- Lord justice general, or Lord
president, the highest in rank of the judges of the Supreme Court of
Scotland. -- Lord keeper, an ancient officer of the English crown, who
had the custody of the king's great seal, with authority to affix it to
public documents. The office is now merged in that of the chancellor.
-- Lord lieutenant, a representative of British royalty: the lord
lieutenant of Ireland being the representative of royalty there, and
exercising supreme administrative authority; the lord lieutenant of a
county being a deputy to manage its military concerns, and also to
nominate to the chancellor the justices of the peace for that county.
-- Lord of misrule, the master of the revels at Christmas in a
nobleman's or other great house. Eng. Cyc. -- Lords spiritual, the
archbishops and bishops who have seats in the House of Lords. -- Lords
temporal, the peers of England; also, sixteen representative peers of
Scotland, and twenty-eight representatives of the Irish peerage. -- Our
lord, Jesus Christ; the Savior. -- The Lord's Day, Sunday; the
Christian Sabbath, on which the Lord Jesus rose from the dead. -- The
Lord's Prayer, the prayer which Jesus taught his disciples. Matt. vi.
9-13. -- The Lord's Supper. (a) The paschal supper partaken of by Jesus
the night before his crucifixion. (b) The sacrament of the eucharist;
the holy communion. -- The Lord's Table. (a) The altar or table from
which the sacrament is dispensed. (b) The sacrament itself.
Lord, v. t. 1. To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a
lord. [R.] Shak.