Word Meanings - GRANDEESHIP - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship. H. Swinburne.
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- GRANDEESHIP
The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship. H. Swinburne. - LORDSHIP
1. The state or condition of being a lord; hence , a title applied to a lord (except an archbishop or duke, who is called Grace) or a judge , etc. 2. Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor. What lands and - GRANDEE
A man of elevated rank or station; a nobleman. In Spain, a nobleman of the first rank, who may be covered in the king's presence. - ESTATE
The great classes or orders of a community or state (as the clergy, the nobility, and the commonalty of England) or their representatives who administer the government; as, the estates of the realm , which are the lords spiritual, the lords - REESTATE
To reëstablish. Walis. - DEHONESTATE
To disparage. (more info) dishonor; de- + honestare to make honorable. Cf. Dishonest, and see - INTESTATE
1. Without having made a valid will; without a will; as, to die intestate. Blackstone. Airy succeeders of intestate joys. Shak. 2. Not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will; as, an intestate estate. - OVERLORDSHIP
Lordship or supremacy of a person or a people over others. J. R. Green. - DETESTATE
To detest. Udall. - POTESTATE
A chief ruler; a potentate. Wyclif. "An irous potestate." Chaucer. - RESTATE
To state anew. Palfrey. - TESTATE
Having made and left a will; as, a person is said to die testate. Ayliffe. - COESTATE
Joint estate. Smolett.