lairdship noun2 •(Scotland) The state or condition of being a laird.He would as soon have thought of wearing a white linen shirt or having the lairdship of a barony, as of getting ham to his breakfast. — 1715 •The area of land owned by a laird.'Laird,' said she (for so she always called him, though his lairdship was of the smallest), 'will ye tell them to bury me whaur I'll lie across at your feet?' — 1874 formslairdships
