Definition of Leige
Liège (160), a town in Belgium and capital of the Walloons, in a
very picturesque region at the confluence of the Ourthe with the Meuse,
the busiest town in Belgium and a chief seat of the woollen manufacture;
it is divided in two by the Meuse, which is spanned by 17 bridges; it is
the centre of a great mining district, and besides woollens has
manufactures of machinery, and steel and iron goods.
- Wikipedia
Liege (lēj), 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 Teutonicè 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 (lēj), 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
liege- A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign.
- The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.
- Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord.
- 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.
- Full; perfect; complete; pure.
Liege- A province in Wallonia, Belgium.
- The capital city of the province of Liège.
French
- Liège (province)
- Liège (city)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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