Lordly
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King James Dictionary [1]
LORD'LY, a. lord and like.
1. Becoming a lord pertaining to a lord.
Lordly sins require lordly estates to support them.
2. Proud haughty imperious insolent.
Every rich and lordly swain, with pride would drag about her chain.
LORD'LY, adv. Proudly imperiously despotically.
A famished lion, issuing from the wood, roars lordly fierce.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1):
(superl.) Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord; resembling a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified; honorable.
(2):
(adv.) In a lordly manner.
(3):
(superl.) Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]
occurs in the A.V. only in the expression סֵפֶל אִדַּירַים, se'phel addirim', bowl of [the] nobles, i.e., a large vessel fit to be used for persons of quality (Judges 5:25). (See Dish).
