Lord
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɔːd/
ipa: /lɔɹd/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: Lords
Etymology: See lord.
In reference to the God of the Jewish Tanakh and Christian Bible, originally a translation (attested from the late Old English form hlāford) of the Vulgate Latin Dominus (“master of a house; lord”), 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 Tetragrammaton יהוה (YHWH, "I Am that I Am; Jehovah"). See the usage notes below. Displaced the earlier term Drighten.
Senses: examples: text: The breath of worldly men cannot depose,
The deputy elected by the Lord.
ref: 1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], line 53:
text: Their act emphasized their acceptance of Islam as their new allegiance and the forsaking of the true and Living God, Jehovah (the LORD), with devotion to the moon god idol Allah.
 Abram was given a new name, as well, by the LORD.
ref: 2017, Raymond Grant, Dialogue with Deity: Genesis and Jesus, →ISBN:
glosses: The Abrahamic deity of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths.
topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The Abrahamic deity of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths.
The God of Abraham and the Jewish scriptures.
synonyms: Allah
Jehovah
examples: text: Some trust in charets, and some in horses: but wee will remember the Name of the Lord our God.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 20:7:
topics: Christianity
glosses: The Abrahamic deity of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths.
God the Father; the Godhead.
examples: text: Therfore I doe you to vnderſtand that no má ſpeaking in the Spirit of God, ſaith anáthema to IESVS. And no man can ſay, Our Lord IESVS: but in the holy Ghoſt.
ref: 1582, Douay–Rheims Bible, 1 Corinth. 12:3
text: How loyal in the following of thy Lord!
ref: 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “(please specify |part=Prologue or Rpilogue, or |canto=I to CXXIX)”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
topics: Christianity
glosses: Jesus Christ, God the Son.
examples: text: ...and our Lord [the Horned God] as Master, Father, and Sage.
ref: 2002, A.J. Drew, Wicca for Couples: Making Magick Together, page 89:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Any other deity particularly important to a religion or a worshipper.
glosses: An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for someone who either acted as if he were a lord or had worked in a lord's household.
Derived terms: sense: God
word: Lord of Hosts
sense: God
word: Lord's Day
sense: God
word: Lord knows
sense: God
english: see also use as an injection below
translation: see also use as an injection below
word: Lord only knows
sense: God
word: Lord rest his soul
sense: God
word: the Lord's work
sense: God
word: Our Lord's candle
sense: God
word: Spirit of the Lord
sense: God
word: the Lord works in mysterious ways
sense: Christ
word: in the year of our Lord
sense: Christ
word: in the year of our Lord's incarnation
sense: Christ
word: Lord's Prayer
sense: Christ
word: Lord's Supper
sense: Christ
word: Lord's table
sense: Christ
word: Lord's Table
sense: Christ
word: our Lord
sense: Christ
word: year of the Lord
sense: other deities
word: Lord of the Flies