Liege Definition

lēj
noun
A lord or sovereign.
Webster's New World
A vassal or subject owing allegiance and services to a lord or sovereign under feudal law.
American Heritage
A subject or vassal.
Webster's New World
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adjective
Entitled to the service and allegiance of his vassals.
A liege lord.
Webster's New World
Bound to give service and allegiance to the lord.
Liege subjects.
Webster's New World
Loyal; faithful.
Webster's New World
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.
A liege man; a liege subject.
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Other Word Forms of Liege

Noun

Singular:
liege
Plural:
lieges

Origin of Liege

  • Middle English lege, lige, liege, from Anglo-Norman lige, from Old French liege (“liege, free"), from Middle High German ledic, ledec (“free, empty, vacant") (Modern German ledig (“unmarried")) from Proto-Germanic *liþugaz (“flexible, free, unoccupied"). Akin to Old Frisian leþeg, leþoch (“free"), Old English liþiÄ¡ (“flexible"), Old Norse liðugr (“free, unhindered"), Middle Dutch ledich (“idle, unemployed") (Dutch ledig (“empty") and leeg (“empty")), Middle English lethi (“unoccupied, at leisure").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old French entitled to feudal allegiance from Late Latin laeticus being a semifree colonist in Gaul from laetus a semifree colonist of Germanic origin lē- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • An alternate etymology traces the Old French word from Late Latin laeticus "of or relating to a semifree colonist in Gaul" from laetus "a semi-free colonist", of Germanic origin, akin to Old English læt (“servant").

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Liege Sentence Examples

  • He razed the walls and allowed the women, children and priests to retire in safety to Liege, but the male prisoners he either hanged or drowned in the river by causing them to be cast from the projecting cliff of Bouvignes.

  • In order to undertake the crusade Godfrey sold the castle of Bouillon to the prince bishop of Liege, and the title of duke of Bouillon remained the appendage of the bishopric till 1678, or for 580 years.

  • Two other bastards were placed on the episcopal throne of Liege, an illegitimate brother on that of Cambrai.

  • By his ruthless suppression of revolts at Dinant and Liege he made his authority undisputed throughout the Netherlands.

  • Gelderland, however, which had revolted after Nancy, had Charles of Egmont for its duke, and the two bishoprics of Liege and Utrecht were no longer subject to Burgundian authority.

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