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Dictionary: liege   (lēj) pronunciation
n.
  1. A lord or sovereign to whom allegiance and service are due according to feudal law.
  2. A vassal or subject owing allegiance and services to a lord or sovereign under feudal law.
  3. A loyal subject to a monarch.
adj.
    1. Entitled to the loyalty and services of vassals or subjects: a liege lord.
    2. Bound to give such allegiance and services to a lord or monarch.
  1. Loyal; faithful.

[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.]


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In European feudal society, an unconditional bond between a man and his overlord. Thus, if a tenant held estates from various overlords, his obligations to his liege lord, to whom he had paid "liege homage," were greater than his obligations to the other lords, to whom he had paid only "simple homage." See also feudal land tenure.

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adjective

    Adhering firmly and devotedly, as to a person, a cause, or a duty: allegiant, constant, faithful, fast, firm1, loyal, staunch, steadfast, true. See continue/stop/pause, trust/distrust.

 
Liège (lyĕzh), Du. Luik, Ger. Lüttich, province (1991 pop. 999,646), 1,526 sq mi (3,952 sq km), E Belgium, bordering on Germany in the east. The chief cities are Liège (the capital), Verviers, Herstal, Huy, and Seraing. The province is French-speaking (see Walloons) except in the eastern districts of Eupen and Malmédy, located near the German border, where the German language prevails. Liège is part of the industrial Meuse valley and of the agricultural Ardennes plateau. Some dairy farming and lumbering are in the province. The leading manufactures include machinery, armaments, and textiles.


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - lens-, lenspligtig, vasal-
n. - lensherre, fyrste, vasal

idioms:

  • liege lord    lensherre
  • liege man    lensherre

Nederlands (Dutch)
leenheer, soeverein

Français (French)
adj. - fidèle, loyal, (Hist) qui prêtait serment d'allégeance au vassal
n. - suzerain, seigneur

idioms:

  • liege lord    seigneur
  • liege man    vassal

Deutsch (German)
n. - Lehnsherr
adj. - Lehns..., ergeben, Vasallen...

idioms:

  • liege lord    Lehnsherr
  • liege man    Lehnsmann

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ιστ.) (πιστός) υπήκοος ή υποτελής φεουδάρχη

idioms:

  • liege lord    άρχων, φεουδάρχης
  • liege man    υπήκοος, υποτελής

Italiano (Italian)
vassallo

idioms:

  • liege lord    signore feudale
  • liege man    vassallo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vassalo (m), soberano (m)

idioms:

  • liege lord    senhor que era obedecido e servido na Idade Média
  • liege man    alguém que obedecia a um senhor na idade média

Русский (Russian)
сеньор, вассал, вассальный, сеньориальный

idioms:

  • liege lord    сеньор
  • liege man    вассал

Español (Spanish)
adj. - feudatario, que tiene derecho a feudo o vasallaje
n. - señor feudal, vasallo

idioms:

  • liege lord    señor feudal
  • liege man    vasallo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - länsherre, herre, vasaller, undersåtar

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
君主的, 君臣关系的, 臣下的, 君主, 臣下, 王侯

idioms:

  • liege lord    受臣服的领主
  • liege man    臣下, 忠实的部下

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 君主的, 君臣關係的, 臣下的
n. - 君主, 臣下, 王侯

idioms:

  • liege lord    受臣服的領主
  • liege man    臣下, 忠實的部下

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 신종의 의무가 있는, 군신관계에 관한, 충실한
n. - 주군, 군하, 신하

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 君主, 王侯, 家臣, 臣下
adj. - 君主の, 臣下の

idioms:

  • liege lord    領主
  • liege man    忠節を誓った臣下

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) التابع المخلص, المولى أو السيد الإقطاعي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮זכאי לשירותים שונים מהוואסאל‬
n. - ‮אדון פיאודלי הזכאי לשירותים שונים מהוואסאל‬


 
 
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