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Definition of Lairdships
1. lairdship [n] - See also: lairdship
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lairdships
Literary usage of Lairdships
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of the Chronicles of Keith, Grange, Ruthven, Cairney, and by Gordon, James Frederick Skinner (1880)
"It is about 7 feet high, by about 2| feet across the arms, and has been batted
to the side of the Kirkyard Dyke. lairdships. The present Farm-house of Daach ..."
2. Recollections of a Speyside Parish by James Thomson (1902)
"... history of the numerous lairdships that existed on Spey- ... is the sole
proprietor of what at one time constituted five separate lairdships, viz., ..."
3. Original Letters, Illustrative of English History: Including Numerous Royal by Henry Ellis (1825)
"The only scruple is, that Conviction forfeits their Estates; and some of them,
unwilling to live without their lairdships, seem resolved (on that score) to ..."
4. English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child, Helen Child Sargent (1904)
"18 ' I would not give my Duncan Grahame For all my father's land, Alibi) he had
three lairdships more, And all at my command. ..."
5. The Antiquary by Walter Scott (1878)
"... gie the twa rich gentles, wha hae lands and lairdships, and siller without
end, this grand pose o' silver and treasure (three times tried in the fire, ..."
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