[syn: arrogance, haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness]
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]
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]