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Lord (Feudal times the lord sei)

in feudal times, the lord (sei gneur) was the grantor or proprietor of the land, who retained the dominion or ultimate property of the feud or fee; and LORD CHIEF-JUSTICE the grantee, who had only the use or possession of the land, was styled the feudatory or vassal. A person who has the fee of a manor, and consequently the homage of his tenants, is called the "lord of the manor." The superior lord is styled "lord paramount"; and his tenants, if they grant a portion of the land to other tenants, while they remain tenants in reference to the lord paramount. are lords in reference to their own tenants, and are hence styled mesne or middle lords. Lord, in Great Britain , is also a title of dignity attached to certain official stations, sometimes hereditary, sometimes only official or personal. All who are noble by birth or creation are styled lords. It is likewise given by courtesy to the younger sons of dukes and marquises, and to the eldest sons of these and of earls.

In the translation of the Scriptures, Lord is used, without much discrimination, for all the names applied to God; but when it represents the great name of Jehovah, it is printed in small capitals. In the New Testament it is applied to Jesus Christ, the term in the original in the origina Greek being kurios (owner or master).