Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lording

Lording , noun

[Lord + -ing, 3.]

1.
The son of a lord; a person of noble lineage. [Obsolete] — Spenser
2.
A little lord; a lordling; a lord, in contempt or ridicule. [Obsolete] — Swift
Therefore, lordings all, I you beseech. — Chaucer

In the plural, a common ancient mode of address equivalent to “Sirs” or “My masters.”