Lord
Lord is a deferential appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or Power over others; a master, chief, or ruler. In only a few cases is "lord" a substantive title in itself, most commonly that of the Lord of the Manor and certain vestigial titles from the age of Template:Wiki such as Lord of Mann, in other cases it is a generic term applied, for example, to persons who hold a title of the peerage or persons entitled to Courtesy titles, or to refer to a group or Body of peers.
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According to the Template:Wiki Template:Wiki of English, the Template:Wiki of the word can be traced back to the Template:Wiki word hlāford which originated from hlāfweard meaning 'bread keeper' or 'loaf-ward', Template:Wiki the Template:Wiki tribal Template:Wiki of a chieftain providing Food for his followers. The appellation "lord" is primarily applied to men, while for women the appellation of "lady" is used. However, this is not universal; the Lord of Mann, a title currently held by the Template:Wiki, and Template:Wiki Lord Mayors are examples of women who are styled lord. The word lady originates from a similar Template:Wiki, believed to have originally meant 'loaf-kneader.'
Used as an intensifier
"Lord" may be used in Template:Wiki with a substantive title to denote a Template:Wiki holder of an otherwise generic title, in such combinations as "Lord Mayor" or "Lord Chief Justice", which mark out the holder as an official worthy of particular respect and of a higher Template:Wiki.
Religion
"Lord" is used as a title of deference for various gods or deities. The earliest recorded use of Lord in the English Language in a religious context was by English Bible translators such as Bede. It was widely used in the King James Bible translated in the 17th century, see also Template:Wiki is Lord.
Template:Wiki: The English term Lord is often used to translate the Template:Wiki term rabb, used with respect to Template:Wiki.
Hinduism: In Hindu Template:Wiki, The Svayam Bhagavan may refer to the Template:Wiki of the Absolute representation of the monotheistic God. Another name used more commonly used in Hindu Template:Wiki is Ishvara, meaning "The Lord", the personal God consisting of the Template:Wiki Template:Wiki of Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.
Semitic religions: Other deities given corresponding appellations to "Lord" include:
Baal, or Hadad, among the Caananites and most pre-monotheistic religion Semites was "The Lord" with whom only Template:Wiki were allowed to speak. References to Baal in the Hebrew Bible, such as the prophet Elijah's confrontation with Baal's Template:Wiki, usually correspond to local gods rather than to Hadad.
Bel meaning 'Lord' is a common title of the Template:Wiki deity Template:Wiki.
En meaning 'Lord' as in Template:Wiki deities Enki and Template:Wiki.
Template:Wiki: the Hebrew name YHWH (the Template:Wiki) is usually rendered "the Lord" in English Language Template:Wiki bibles. Following practice in spoken Hebrew, the complete Septuagint mainly used the Template:Wiki word Kyrios (Template:Wiki: Κύριος, meaning 'lord') to translate YHWH.
Buddhism: it refers to The Buddha and in Jainism to the Mahavira.
Nahuatl: the word 'Ahau' is translated as 'Lord' in reference to Aztec deities.
Classical Template:Wiki: The name of the Template:Wiki God Adonis is regarded by many as a Template:Wiki of the Hebrew word for "lord", Adonai.
Mormonism: it is believed that Template:Wiki Template:Wiki was the YHVH (Jehovah) of the Template:Wiki in his pre-mortal existence, and since that name is translated "The Lord" in the King James Bible, in Mormonism "The Lord" refers to Template:Wiki Template:Wiki, while Elohim, the being that created the cosmos, is referred to as "God". (See Mormon cosmology for references)
Template:Wiki: the Template:Wiki God is often referred to as 'The Lord' and the Template:Wiki Goddess as 'The Lady', or in the combination 'Lord and Lady' (in this form, the definite article "the" is usually omitted), usually in reference to a mythological pairing such as Cernunos and Cerridwen, and Diana (as in Stregheria, sometimes along with their daughter, Aradia, for whom alternate titles applied, such as 'Template:Wiki Pilgrimess' or 'Template:Wiki Sister'), Template:Wiki and Persephone, and so forth. Some Wiccans such as Gerald Gardner taught that there is another Template:Wiki Deity above these two which he called by the Aristotlean name the Prime Mover; Patricia Crowther uses the term "Dryghten", an Template:Wiki name for The Lord to refer to this Deity; while Starhawk uses the name Star Goddess to describe the being that created the cosmos. (See Template:Wiki views of divinity for references)