(lôrd) noun
1. One possessing supreme power and authority; a ruler.
2. A title of respect, formerly gįven to any superior, as by a wife to a husband: still sometimes humorously so used.
3. In feudal law, the owner of a manor under grant from the crown; a landlord.
4. A title of honor or nobility in Great Britain, given generally to men noble by birth or ennobled by patent. This includes lords spiritual (archbishops and bishops), who are members of the House of Lords, and also lords temporal: marquises, earls, viscounts, and barons. The formal titles are as follows: Baron X, the Marquis of X, the Earl of X, Viscount X; informally all are addressed Lord X. The given name is mentioned only to distinguish holders of the same title at different periods. Where the names are homonymous, the locality of the peerage is stated, as Viscount Grey of Fallodon, who was spoken of as Lord Grey. The title is given by courtesy to the eldest sons of dukes, marquises, and earls, who each take by courtesy also an inferior title held by the father, frequently the second title, and to the younger sons of dukes and marquises, prefixed to their Christian name and surname; in these cases the Christian names must always be mentioned, coming after “Lord,” to distinguish among brothers: Lord Robert Cecil. It is also a title of office, such as the Lord Lieutenant, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Privy Seal, Lords of the Treasury, Admiralty, Bedchamber.
5. In astrology, a controlling planet.
—v.t. To invest with the title of lord.
—to lord it (over) To act in a domineering or arrogant manner. [OE hlāford, hlāfweard, lit., bread keeper <hlāf loaf + weard keeper, ward]
—lord′less adjective
—lord′·like adjective

(lôrd)
1. God.
2. Jesus Christ. Also Our Lord.