lordliness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
lordliness
    n 1: formality in bearing and appearance; "he behaved with great
         dignity" [syn: {dignity}, {lordliness}, {gravitas}]
    2: overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward
       inferiors [syn: {arrogance}, {haughtiness}, {hauteur}, {high-
       handedness}, {lordliness}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Lordliness \Lord"li*ness\, n. [From {Lordly}.]
   The state or quality of being lordly. --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "lordliness":
      arbitrariness, augustness, authoritarianism, authoritativeness,
      autocraticalness, bossism, courtliness, dignifiedness, dignity,
      domineering, domineeringness, elitism, grandeur, gravity,
      high-and-mightiness, imperativeness, imperiousness, kingliness,
      loftiness, magisterialness, magistrality, majesty, masterfulness,
      nobility, overbearance, overbearing, overbearingness,
      peremptoriness, pride of bearing, pride of place, princeliness,
      proud bearing, regality, sedateness, sobriety, solemnity,
      stateliness, tyrannicalness, venerability, worthiness

    

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