About The Word Liege
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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. |
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