Liege

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  • noun. A lord or sovereign to whom allegiance and service are due according to feudal law.
  • noun. A vassal or subject owing allegiance and services to a lord or sovereign under feudal law.
  • noun. A loyal subject to a monarch.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Entitled to the loyalty and services of vassals or subjects.
  • adjective. Bound to give such allegiance and services to a lord or monarch.
  • adjective. Loyal; faithful.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Free; specifically, free from obligation to service except as within the relations of lord and vassal: as, a liege lord, a liege man (correlative terms implying protection on the one side and service on the other, as against all other claims).
  • Of or pertaining to the tie reciprocally connecting vassal and chief: as, liege vassalage.
  • noun. A liegeman; a subject; a vassal; hence, a law-abiding citizen; a peaceably disposed person: as, to disturb the lieges.
  • noun. A liege lord; one to whom another is bound in fealty or vassalage; a sovereign lord or feudal superior; a lord paramount.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign.
  • noun. The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
  • adjective. Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance.
  • adjective. 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
  • adjective. Full; perfect; complete; pure.
  • adjective. that homage of one sovereign or prince to another which acknowledged an obligation of fealty and services.
  • adjective. perfect, i. e., legal, power; specif., having health requisite to do legal acts.
  • adjective. perfect, i. e., pure, widowhood.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.
  • noun. The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
  • adjective. Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord.
  • adjective. 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.
  • adjective. Full; perfect; complete; pure.
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  • noun. city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium
  • adjective. owing or owed feudal allegiance and service
  • noun. a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service
  • noun. a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
  • Word Usage
    "My liege is the only man within these borders who has only one wife."
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    besiege  lege  seige  siege  
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