Lord

Etymology
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In reference to the God of the Jewish Tanakh and Christian Bible, originally a translation (attested from the late Old English form ) of the Vulgate, translating the New Testament and the Septuagint's Ancient Greek ὁ κύριος or Κύριος (ó kýrios, "the supreme one; Lord, Kyrios"), both in reference to Hebrew אֲדֹנָי (ʾdny, "my lord; my Lord, Adonai") from אדון (ʾdwn, "lord, patron; Lord") + י- (-y, "my"), cognate with Phoenician 𐤀𐤃𐤍 (ʾdn, "lord; Lord, Adon"). Adonai appears in the Tanakh both directly and as a euphemism read aloud during occurrences of the  (YHWH, "I am what I am; Jehovah"). See the usage notes below. Displaced the earlier term.

Proper noun

 * 1) The Abrahamic deity of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths.
 * 2)  The God of Abraham and the Jewish scriptures.
 * 3)  God the Father; the Godhead.
 * 4)  Jesus Christ, God the Son.
 * 5) * 1582,, 1 Corinth. 12:3:
 * Therfore I doe you to vnderſtand that no má ſpeaking in the Spirit of God, ſaith anáthema to I ESVS . And no man can ſay, Our Lord I ESVS : but in the holy Ghoſt.
 * 1)  Any other deity particularly important to a religion or a worshipper.
 * , originally a nickname for someone who either acted as if he were a lord or had worked in a lord's household.
 * Therfore I doe you to vnderſtand that no má ſpeaking in the Spirit of God, ſaith anáthema to I ESVS . And no man can ſay, Our Lord I ESVS : but in the holy Ghoſt.
 * 1)  Any other deity particularly important to a religion or a worshipper.
 * , originally a nickname for someone who either acted as if he were a lord or had worked in a lord's household.
 * , originally a nickname for someone who either acted as if he were a lord or had worked in a lord's household.
 * , originally a nickname for someone who either acted as if he were a lord or had worked in a lord's household.

Usage notes
In monotheistic contexts (including Trinitarian Christianity), the term is used absolutely: "the Lord". In reference to Jesus, it is often expressed as "Our Lord" or "Our Lord and Savior". (Note, however, that Mormonism typically distinguishes "the Lord" as describing Jesus and "God" as describing Elohim, the God of Abraham.)

In many English Bibles, references in the Hebrew Tanakh to the name of God (YHWH) or the title Adonai, are distinguished by capitalizing the former as "Lord" and the latter as "LORD", "", "", etc. Similarly, "Lord God", "Lord GOD", etc. translate the dual form "Adonai YHWH;" and "Lord of Hosts" (etc.) translates the form YHWH Sabaoth.

Derived terms

 * ,, , (see also use as an injection below), ,

Translations

 * Afrikaans: Here
 * Aghwan: 𐕃𐕒𐕡𐕘
 * Amharic: እግዚአብሔር
 * Arabic: رَبّ, اَلرَّبّ
 * Aramaic:
 * Classical Syriac: ܡܪܝܐ
 * Hebrew: רִבּוֹנָא, מָרֵי
 * Armenian:, Տէրն
 * Belarusian: Гаспо́дзь, Го́спад
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bikol Central: Kagurangnan
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 主, 上帝
 * Dungan: Җў
 * Hakka: 主, 上帝
 * Hokkien: 主,
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Wu: 主, 上帝
 * Cornish:
 * Common Cornish: Arloedh
 * Standard Cornish: Arlùth
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Herre (Herren)
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Sinjoro, Eternulo
 * Estonian: Issand
 * Farefare: Zuudãana
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Ge'ez: እግዚአብሔር
 * German: ,
 * Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰, 𐌲𐌿𐌸
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κύριος
 * Hebrew: אדוני, ריבון
 * Hindi:
 * Icelandic: Drottinn
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Javanese: Pangeran, Gusti
 * Judeo-Italian: דוּמֵידֵית
 * Kazakh: Жаратқан Ие
 * Khmer: ព្រះជាម្ចាស់
 * Kikuyu: mwathani
 * Korean:, ^주님
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: یەزدان
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: Kungs
 * Lithuanian: Viešpats
 * Luxembourgish: Här
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay:
 * Maltese: Sinjur
 * Manchu: ᡝᠵᡝᠨ
 * Manx: Çhiarn
 * Maore Comorian: Mwalatru
 * Mongolian: Эзэн
 * Navajo: Bóhólníihii
 * Nepali: परमप्रभु
 * Ngazidja Comorian: Mfomi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: (Herren)
 * Nynorsk: Herre (Herren)
 * Odia:
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: господь
 * Glagolitic: ⰳⱁⱄⱂⱁⰴⱐ
 * Old East Slavic: господь
 * Old English:
 * Old Norse: Drottinn
 * Old Polish: Gospodzin
 * Ossetian: Дунедарӕг
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: Domnul
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Го̏спод
 * Roman:
 * Sindhi: رب
 * Sinhalese: ස්වාමීන්වහන්සේ
 * Slovak: Pán
 * Slovene:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: Kněz
 * Sotho: Morena
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: Bwana
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: Panginoon
 * Tamil:
 * Tibetan: དབང་ཕྱུག
 * Tumbuka: Fumu
 * Ukrainian: Госпо́дь, Го́сподь, Влади́ка
 * Urdu: رب, مولا
 * Uzbek: Egamiz
 * Welsh: Arglwydd, Iôn, Iôr, Naf, Nêr
 * West Frisian: Heare
 * Western Panjabi:


 * Aghwan: 𐕃𐕒𐕡𐕘
 * Armenian:
 * Bikol Central: Kagurangnan
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 主
 * Dungan: Җў
 * Hakka: 主
 * Hokkien: 主
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: Herre (Herren)
 * Dutch: Onze Lieve Heer,
 * Esperanto: Sinjoro
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: κύριος
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kikuyu: mwathani
 * Korean:, 주님
 * Latvian: Kungs
 * Macedonian:
 * Malay: Tuan
 * Maltese: Sidna
 * Manchu: ᡝᠵᡝᠨ
 * Maore Comorian: Raɓi
 * Navajo: Bóhólníihii
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: (Herren)
 * Nynorsk: Herre (Herren)
 * Old English:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Sinhalese: ස්වාමීන්වහන්සේයයි
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: Kněz
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: Panginoon
 * Tamil:
 * Urdu: خداوند
 * Welsh: Arglwydd, Iôn, Iôr, Naf, Nêr

Interjection

 * 1)  An interjection variously expressing astonishment, surprise, resignation.

Usage notes
Originally solemn, now typically invoked in trivial and profane use.

Derived terms

 * Lawk, lauk, lawks
 * Lord bless me, Lord lumme, Lor' lumme
 * Lawk, lauk, lawks
 * Lord bless me, Lord lumme, Lor' lumme
 * Lord bless me, Lord lumme, Lor' lumme

Noun

 * 1) A generic title used in reference to any peer of the British nobility or any peer below the dignity of duke and (as a courtesy title) for the younger sons of dukes and marquesses (see usage note).
 * 2) Similar formal and generic titles in other countries.
 * 3) An additional title added to denote the dignity of certain high officials, such as the "Lord Mayors" of major cities in the British Commonwealth
 * 4) The elected president of a festival.
 * 5)  A high priest.
 * 1) The elected president of a festival.
 * 2)  A high priest.

Usage notes
The title is usually understood as one borne by men, and  is its usual female equivalent. For example, King William IV of the United Kingdom was styled Lord of Mann and, upon his death, his niece Victoria was styled Lady of Mann. Modern usage is not always so clear, however, and "lord" may now refer to either male or female bearers of a title. For example, Queen Elizabeth II was styled "the Queen, Lord of Mann".

Lord is the formal title of only a few British nobles. It is, however, traditionally used as a title and form of address for all members of the British peerage, including the Lords Spiritual (the 26 bishops of the established Church of England). In present practice, dukes are instead styled "Your" or "His Grace" and the Lords Spiritual are usually styled "Lord Bishop". In Scotland, the title Lord of Parliament, often shortened to Lord, is used instead of Baron. The younger sons of dukes and marquesses also bear the courtesy title of lord.

Coordinate terms

 * Lady
 * Grace
 * Lord Bishop

Derived terms

 * See also derived terms at lord.


 * ,, my Lord of (London, Canterbury, etc.), my Lord Duke, my Lord Marquis, my Lord Mayor
 * ,, my Lord of (London, Canterbury, etc.), my Lord Duke, my Lord Marquis, my Lord Mayor
 * ,, my Lord of (London, Canterbury, etc.), my Lord Duke, my Lord Marquis, my Lord Mayor

Translations

 * Arabic: لُورْد
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: Lord
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi:
 * Ido:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Khmer: ឡដ,
 * Latvian: lords
 * Macedonian: лорд, господар
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: lord
 * Nynorsk: lord
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Welsh: Arglwydd


 * Breton:
 * Dutch:
 * French: ,
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Khmer:
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese:

Etymology
17th century, from.

Noun

 * , British nobleman

Proper noun

 * : the Abrahamic deity of the Jewish and Christian faiths