Editing Lord (section)

===Feudalism===
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Under the [[feudalism|feudal system]], "lord" had a wide, loose and varied meaning. An [[overlord]] was a person from whom a landholding or a manor was held by a [[mesne lord]] or [[vassal]] under various forms of [[feudal land tenure]]. The modern term "[[landlord]]" is a vestigial survival of this function. A [[liege lord]] was a person to whom a vassal owed sworn allegiance. Neither of these terms were titular dignities, but rather factual appellations, which described the relationship between two or more persons within the highly stratified feudal social system. For example, a man might be [[lord of the manor]] to his own tenants but also a vassal of his own overlord, who in turn was a vassal of the King. Where a knight was a lord of the manor, he was referred to in contemporary documents as "John (Surname), knight, lord of (manor name)". A [[English feudal barony|feudal baron]] was a true titular dignity, with the right to attend Parliament, but a feudal baron, Lord of the Manor of many manors, was a vassal of the King.