liege

1. a. Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord. Source: opted

2. a. 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. Source: opted

3. a. Full; perfect; complete; pure. Source: opted

4. n. A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign. Source: opted

5. n. The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman. Source: opted

6. adj. owing or owed feudal allegiance and service Source: wordnet

7. n. a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord Source: wordnet

8. n. a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service Source: wordnet

9. 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 Etym: [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.] 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. Source: webster

10. Full; perfect; complete; pure. Burrill. Liege homage (FeudalCustom), that homage of one sovereign or prince to another whichacknowledged an obligation of fealty and services.-- Liege poustie Etym: [L. legitima potestas] (Scots Law), perfect,i. e., legal, power; specif., having health requisite to do legalacts.-- Liege widowhood, perfect, i. e., pure, widowhood. [Obs.] Source: adambom

11. n:100 n. a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service n. city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium s. owing or owed feudal allegiance and service Source: ecdict

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