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my Lord

Speech parts

1. my Lord - Noun

2. my Lord - Interjection

Meaning

(UK) Used in direct address to peers of the realm, usually now excluding dukes and the Lords Spiritual.

(UK) Used in direct address to bishops, particularly Anglican ones.

(UK) Used in direct address to the Lord Mayors of certain important cities, including London and Canterbury.

(UK) Used in direct address to certain judges, particularly High Court Judges and above.

my Lord

Alternative form of oh my Lord

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Along with Astraea Redux, Dryden welcomed the new regime with two more panegyrics: To His Sacred Majesty: A Panegyric on his Coronation (1662) and To My Lord Chancellor (1662). Source: Internet

He is informally called doubting Thomas because he doubted Jesus' resurrection when first told (in the Gospel of John ), followed later by his confession of faith, "My Lord and my God", on seeing Jesus' wounded body. Source: Internet

Before 2006, they were addressed as My Lord. Source: Internet

Continuing with their success, they released "Mary's Boy Child Oh My Lord", which was the 1978 Christmas number one single in the United Kingdom and became another of the biggest selling singles of all time there. Source: Internet

Explaining the rationale behind the move, the Bar Council had held that the words such as My Lord and Your Lordship were "relics of the colonial past". Source: Internet

Having broken the seal, he handed the letter to a servant who read it aloud: My Lord, out of the love I bear to some of your friends, I have a care of your preservation. Source: Internet

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