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# overlordship

«overlordship» in Mova's school dictionary: **the power or position of an overlord, a ruler who has…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (overlordship)

### meaning for a pupil

Overlordship is the power or position of an overlord, a ruler who has power over other lords or kings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overlordship/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Met in history lessons on the Middle Ages and empires: the Vikings or Normans claimed overlordship of lands; a king might accept another king's overlordship.

### examples

- The Normans claimed overlordship of England. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overlordship/#x1)
- Welsh princes had to accept the overlordship of the English king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overlordship/#x2)
- The emperor's overlordship covered many small kingdoms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overlordship/#x3)
- Overlordship meant lesser lords paid tribute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overlordship/#x4)
- The Mongols held overlordship over Russia for 200 years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overlordship/#x5)

### note

Uncountable. From «over» + «lord» + «-ship». The person is an «overlord».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «overlordship» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/overlordship/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.