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Definitions for liege
liˈeɪʒ, -ˈɛʒliege

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. vassal, liege, liegeman, liege subject, feudatorynoun

    a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord

  2. liege, liege lordnoun

    a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service

  3. Liege, Luikadjective

    city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium

  4. liegeadjective

    owing or owed feudal allegiance and service

    "one's liege lord"; "a liege subject"

Wiktionary

  1. liegenoun

    A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign.

  2. liegenoun

    The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman.

  3. liegeadjective

    Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord.

  4. liegeadjective

    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.

  5. liegeadjective

    Full; perfect; complete; pure.

  6. Liègenoun

    A province in Wallonia, Belgium.

  7. Liègenoun

    The capital city of the province of Liège.

  8. Etymology: liege, from lige, from liege, of origin, from ledic (Modern ledig) from liþugaz. Akin to leþeg, liþig, liðugr, ledich, Middle English lethi.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Liegeadjective

    Etymology: lige, French; ligio, Italian; ligius, low Latin.

    Did not the whole realm acknowledge Henry VIII, of famous memory, for their king and liege lord. Edmund Spenser.

    My lady liege, said he,
    What all your sex desire is sovereignty. Dryden.

    So much of it as is founded on the law of nature, may be stiled natural religion; that is to say, a devotedness unto God our liege lord, so as to act in all things according to his will. Nehemiah Grew, Cosmology.

  2. Liegenoun

    Sovereign; superior lord.

    O pardon me, my liege! but for my tears
    I had forestall’d this dear and deep rebuke. William Shakespeare.

    The other part reserv’d I by consent,
    For that my sovereign liege was in my debt. William Shakespeare.

    You with your best endeavour have stirred up
    My liefest liege to be mine enemy. William Shakespeare.

    The natives, dubious whom
    They must obey, in consternation wait
    Till rigid conquest will pronounce their liege. Philips.

Wikipedia

  1. liege

    Liège ( lee-EZH, lee-AYZH, French: [ljɛʒ] (listen), locally [li.eːʃ]; Walloon: Lîdje [liːtʃ]; Dutch: Luik [lœyk] (listen); German: Lüttich [ˈlʏtɪç] (listen)) is a major city and municipality of Wallonia and the capital of the Belgian province of Liège. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse, in the east of Belgium, not far from borders with the Netherlands (Maastricht is about 33 km (20.5 mi) to the north) and with Germany (Aachen is about 53 km (32.9 mi) north-east). In Liège, the Meuse meets the river Ourthe. The city is part of the sillon industriel, the former industrial backbone of Wallonia. It still is the principal economic and cultural centre of the region. The municipality consists of the following districts: Angleur, Bressoux, Chênée, Glain, Grivegnée, Jupille-sur-Meuse, Liège, Rocourt, and Wandre. In November 2012, Liège had 198,280 inhabitants. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 1,879 km2 (725 sq mi) and had a total population of 749,110 on 1 January 2008. This includes a total of 52 municipalities, among others, Herstal and Seraing. Liège ranks as the third most populous urban area in Belgium, after Brussels and Antwerp, and the fourth municipality after Antwerp, Ghent and Charleroi.

ChatGPT

  1. liege

    A liege is a feudal lord or sovereign to whom allegiance and service are due, especially during the medieval era. The term can also refer to a loyal subject or vassal who offers such service or allegiance.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Liegeadjective

    sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord

  2. Liegeadjective

    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. Liegeadjective

    full; perfect; complete; pure

  4. Liegenoun

    a free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign

  5. Liegenoun

    the subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman

  6. Etymology: [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 Teutonic 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.]

Wikidata

  1. Liège

    Liège is a major city and municipality of Belgium located in the province of Liège, of which it is the economic capital, in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium. The city is situated in the valley of the Meuse River, near Belgium's eastern borders with the Netherlands and Germany, where the Meuse meets the river Ourthe. It is in the former sillon industriel, the industrial backbone of Wallonia. The Liège municipality includes the former communes of Angleur, Bressoux, Chênée, Glain, Grivegnée, Jupille-sur-Meuse, Rocourt, and Wandre. The city is the principal economic and cultural centre of Wallonia. As of November 2012, Liège has 198,280 inhabitants. The metropolitan area, including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 1,879 km² and has a total population of 749,110 as of 1 January 2008. This includes a total of 52 municipalities, among others, Herstal and Seraing. Liège ranks as the third most populous urban area in Belgium, after Brussels and Antwerp, and the fourth municipality after Antwerp, Ghent and Charleroi.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Liege

    lēj, adj. free, except as within the relations of vassal and feudal lord: under a feudal tenure.—n. one under a feudal tenure: a vassal: a lord or superior, or one who has lieges.—n. Liege′dom, allegiance.—adj. Liege′less, not subject to a superior.—n. Liege′man, a vassal: a subject. [O. Fr. lige, prob. from Old High Ger. ledic, free (Ger. ledig, free, unfettered), līdan, to depart.]

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Liège

    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.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of liege in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of liege in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of liege in a Sentence

  1. William Shakespeare:

    Self-loving is not so vile a sin, my liege, as self-neglecting.

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