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Liege Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Liege? [n] city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium [n] a person holding a fief [adj] owing or owed feudal allegiance and service; "one's liege lord"; "a liege subject" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Liege: feudatory \| liege subject \| liegeman \| loyal \| Luik \| vassal Related Terms \| Find terms related to Liege: ardent \| bondmaid \| bondman \| bondslave \| bondsman \| bondswoman \| boss \| bwana \| captive \| chattel \| chattel slave \| chef \| chief \| church dignitary \| churl \| client \| concubine \| constant \| creature \| debt slave \| dependent \| ecclesiarch \| elder \| employer \| feudal \| feudatory \| flunky \| follower \| galley slave \| goodman \| guru \| hanger-on \| helot \| homager \| husband \| inferior \| lackey \| liege lord \| liege man \| liege subject \| lord \| lord paramount \| loyal \| master \| minion \| myrmidon \| odalisque \| overlord \| padrone \| paramount \| paterfamilias \| patriarch \| patron \| peon \| rabbi \| resolute \| retainer \| sahib \| seigneur \| seignior \| serf \| servant \| servile \| slave \| starets \| staunch \| steadfast \| stooge \| subject \| subordinate \| subservient \| teacher \| theow \| thrall \| tributary \| true \| underling \| understrapper \| vassal \| villein \| yeoman See Also \| Belgique \| Belgium \| city \| follower \| Kingdom of Belgium \| metropolis \| urban center Liege In Webster's Dictionary \Liege\ (l[=e]j), a. [OE. lige, lege, F. lige, LL. ligius, legius, liege, unlimited, complete, prob. of German origin; cf. G. ledig free from bonds and obstacles, MHG. ledec, ledic, lidic, freed, loosed, and Charta Ottonis de Benthem, ann. 1253, ``ligius homo quod Teutonic[`e] dicitur ledigman,'' i. e., uni soli homagio obligatus, free from all obligations to others; influenced by L. ligare to bind. G. ledig perh. orig. meant, free to go where one pleases, and is perh. akin to E. lead to conduct. Cf. {Lead} to guide.] 1. Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord. --Chaucer. She looked as grand as doomsday and as grave; And he, he reverenced his liege lady there. --Tennyson. 2. Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a liege man; a liege subject. 3. (Old Law) Full; perfect; complete; pure. --Burrill. {Liege homage} (Feudal Custom), that homage of one sovereign or prince to another which acknowledged an obligation of fealty and services. {Liege poustie} [L. legitima potestas] (Scots Law), perfect, i. e., legal, power; specif., having health requisite to do legal acts. {Liege widowhood}, perfect, i. e., pure, widowhood. [Obs.] \Liege\ (l[=e]j), n. 1. A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign. --Mrs. Browning. The anointed sovereign of sighs and groans, Liege of all loiterers and malcontents. --Shak. 2. The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman. A liege lord seems to have been a lord of a free band; and his lieges, though serving under him, were privileged men, free from all other obligations, their name being due to their freedom, not to their service. --Skeat.

Liege Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Liege?

[n] city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium
[n] a person holding a fief
[adj] owing or owed feudal allegiance and service; "one's liege lord"; "a liege subject"

Liege In Webster's Dictionary

\Liege\ (l[=e]j), a. [OE. lige, lege, F. lige, LL. ligius,
legius, liege, unlimited, complete, prob. of German origin;
cf. G. ledig free from bonds and obstacles, MHG. ledec,
ledic, lidic, freed, loosed, and Charta Ottonis de Benthem,
ann. 1253, ``ligius homo quod Teutonic[`e] dicitur
ledigman,'' i. e., uni soli homagio obligatus, free from all
obligations to others; influenced by L. ligare to bind. G.
ledig perh. orig. meant, free to go where one pleases, and is
perh. akin to E. lead to conduct. Cf. {Lead} to guide.]
1. Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to
   allegiance; as, a liege lord. --Chaucer.

         She looked as grand as doomsday and as grave; And
         he, he reverenced his liege lady there. --Tennyson.

2. Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a
   feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a
   superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a
   liege man; a liege subject.

3. (Old Law) Full; perfect; complete; pure. --Burrill.

{Liege homage} (Feudal Custom), that homage of one sovereign
   or prince to another which acknowledged an obligation of
   fealty and services.

{Liege poustie} [L. legitima potestas] (Scots Law), perfect,
   i. e., legal, power; specif., having health requisite to
   do legal acts.

{Liege widowhood}, perfect, i. e., pure, widowhood. [Obs.]


\Liege\ (l[=e]j), n.
1. A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount;
   a sovereign. --Mrs. Browning.

         The anointed sovereign of sighs and groans, Liege of
         all loiterers and malcontents.        --Shak.

2. The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.

         A liege lord seems to have been a lord of a free
         band; and his lieges, though serving under him, were
         privileged men, free from all other obligations,
         their name being due to their freedom, not to their
         service.                              --Skeat.

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