English Words Starting With L

• lord of misrule

  nounC2
  /ˌlɔːd əv mɪsˈruːl/A person appointed to preside over the Christmas revelries and festive disorder in a noble household or college during the late medieval and Tudor periods.
• lord of the flies

  nounLow
  /ˌlɔːd əv ðə ˈflaɪz/A phrase denoting the devil or a demon, literally translating from the Hebrew "Beelzebub". As a title, it refers to the 1954 novel by William Golding.
• lord president of the council

  nounC2
  /ˌlɔːd ˌprezɪdənt əv ðə ˈkaʊnsl/A senior member of the British government who presides over meetings of the Privy Council.
• lord privy seal

  nounVery Low
  /ˌlɔːd ˌprɪvi ˈsiːl/A senior minister in the British government responsible for the Privy Seal (a symbolic seal of the Monarch), often without specific departmental duties but holding a cabinet position.
• lord protector

  nounC2
  /ˌlɔːd prəˈtektə/The official title for the head of state in the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, held by Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard Cromwell from 1653–1659.
• lord provost

  nounC2
  /ˌlɔːd ˈprɒvəst/The ceremonial head and civic leader of certain major Scottish cities (especially Edinburgh, Glasgow, Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen).
• lord spiritual

  nounC1
  /ˌlɔːd ˈspɪr.ɪ.tʃu.əl/A bishop who sits in the House of Lords as one of the 26 senior clergy of the Church of England.
• lord temporal

  nounC2
  /ˌlɔːd ˈtem.pər.əl/A secular (non-clerical) member of the House of Lords, specifically one who holds a hereditary or life peerage, as opposed to a lord spiritual.
• lord's day

  nounC1-C2
  /ˈlɔːdz ˌdeɪ/A proper noun primarily referring to Sunday, observed by many Christians as the weekly day of worship commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
• lord's prayer

  nounMedium
  /ˌlɔːdz ˈpreə(r)/The central Christian prayer taught by Jesus to his disciples, beginning 'Our Father...'
• lord's supper

  nounC2
  /ˌlɔːdz ˈsʌpə/The Christian sacrament or ritual commemorating the Last Supper of Jesus Christ with his disciples, involving the consumption of bread and wine (or grape juice) as representations of his body and blood.
• lord's table

  nounLow
  /ˈlɔːdz ˈteɪb(ə)l/The table used for the celebration of the Eucharist or Holy Communion in Christian worship.
• lord-in-waiting

  nounC1/C2 (Very Low Frequency - Specialised)
  /ˌlɔːd ɪn ˈweɪtɪŋ/A peer or courtier in the British royal household who serves on a rota to attend upon the monarch during formal or ceremonial occasions.
• lording

  nounLow
  /ˈlɔːdɪŋ/Acting in a superior, domineering, or arrogant manner; behaving like a lord.
• lordling

  nounVery Rare / Archaic-Literary
  /ˈlɔːdlɪŋ/A young or minor lord; one who is a lord in title only, lacking power or substance.
• lordosis

  nounC1/C2
  /lɔːˈdəʊsɪs/An excessive inward curvature of the spine, typically in the lower back.
• lords

  nounC1
  /lɔːdz/Plural form of 'lord,' referring to male members of the nobility or people with authority and control in a specific domain.
• lords spiritual

  plural-nounLow
  /ˌlɔːdz ˈspɪr.ɪ.tʃu.əl/The bishops and archbishops of the Church of England who sit as members of the House of Lords in the UK Parliament.
• lords temporal

  plural-nounC2
  /ˌlɔːdz ˈtemp(ə)rəl/The collective term for the members of the British House of Lords who are not bishops or archbishops (who are the Lords Spiritual), comprising peers (dukes, marquesses, earls, viscounts, barons, and life peers).
• lords-and-ladies

  nounLow
  /ˌlɔːdz ən ˈleɪ.diz/A common wild plant with distinctive flowers, resembling a sexual organ, and bright red berries in autumn.

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