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Definition of Overlordship
1. Noun. The position of overlord.
Derivative terms: Overlord
Definition of Overlordship
1. n. Lordship or supremacy of a person or a people over others.
Definition of Overlordship
1. Noun. The position or quality of being an overlord. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Overlordship
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overlordship
Literary usage of Overlordship
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"But this Christian and English champion- His overlordship over the heathen Danes
was doubtless far less firmly established than ..."
2. A Short History of the English People by John Richard Green (1878)
"Freed from the common pressure of the war against the Britons, their energies
turned to combats with one another, to a long struggle for overlordship which ..."
3. A Short History of England by Edward Potts Cheyney (1919)
"Finally, in 830, he took an army to the borders of Northumbria, where the king
of that country came to meet him and agreed to accept Egbert's overlordship. ..."
4. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1882)
"... Conquests J of Suleiman the Lawgiver, not only the overlordship but the ...
Then too its Mussulman lords won back at least the nominal overlordship of ..."
5. The Historical Geography of Europe by Edward Augustus Freeman (1903)
"principality under the overlordship of the Pope of the 1856. Old Rome. Argos and
its port became a separate lordship. Both of these passed for a longer or a ..."
6. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"... open revolt against Syrian overlordship, describes the changing results of
this revolt under the leadership of Judas Maccabeus until his death (161 BC); ..."
7. The International Relations of the Chinese Empire by Hosea Ballou Morse (1918)
"France claims overlordship ; China protests . . . 345 8. Efforts of King of Annam
to escape, 1876-81 . . 346 9. Chinese diplomatic protests, 1880-82 . ..."
8. History of the Norwegian People by Knut Gjerset (1915)
"NORWAY UNDER DANISH overlordship. THE BATTLE OF STIKLESTAD. KING OLAV THE SAINT
King Knut the Great, who was now over-king of Norway, placed Haakon, ..."
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