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- proper noun
God - proper noun Christianity (especially in Our Lord)
Jesus Christ - proper noun Wicca The
Horned God . - proper noun in the plural The
House of Lords . - noun A British
aristocratic title used as aform ofaddress for amarquess ,earl orviscount ; theusual style for abaron ; acourtesy title for ayounger son of a duke or marquess - noun The rendering of comparable (especially feudal) aristocratic ranks elsewhere (e.g. marquis, count)
- noun A title for certain
high officials anddignitaries such as Lord Mayor; a title for a British Anglican (arch)bishop whose see entitled to a seat in theHouse of Lords - noun Elected president of a
festival . - noun Wicca A
high priest
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Examples
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We ask lord for your hand to be upon the various hot spots around the world, Lord.
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GREG WINGATE, ROSEDALE BAPTIST CHURCH: We ask the lord for your hand to be upon the various hot spots around the world, Lord.
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_Gondemar_ meeting him the _Lent_ before his _Censure_, and hearing of his _Miscarriages_, thought to pay him with his _Spanish Sarcasms_ and _Scoffs_, saying, _My Lord, I wish you a good Easter_; _And you my Lord_, replyed the _Chancellor_, _a good Passeover_: For he could neither close with his _English Buffonerie_, nor his _Spanish Treaty_
Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various
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_We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord_.
Daily Strength for Daily Needs Mary W. Tileston
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_ He is in custody in Newgate, my Lord, under the Alien Act. _Lord Ellenborough.
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Of such the apostle saith, "But to the rest speak I, not the Lord," 1 Cor.vii. 12; not that Paul delivered any commands merely of his own head, (for he had "obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful," ver. 25, and did _think that he had the Spirit of the Lord_, ver. 40,) but grounded his commands upon the word of God, whereof the apostle was the interpreter.
The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
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_Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord_.
Daily Strength for Daily Needs Mary W. Tileston
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Now these church guides have authority given them, and that from the Lord, i.e. Christ; here is their commission or power, not from the Church or any creature, but from Christ; hence the apostle calls church guides, "Your rulers or guides in the Lord," 1 Thes.v. 12; _in the Lord_, i.e. by the Lord's authority and commission.
The Divine Right of Church Government by Sundry Ministers Of Christ Within The City Of London
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_Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord_.
Daily Strength for Daily Needs Mary W. Tileston
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Lord Campbell (Lives of the Chief Justices, vol.ii. p. 418) says that Lord Mansfield first established the grand doctrine that the air of England is too pure to be breathed by a slave.
Quotations 1919
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