liege

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Editorial note

"Why should we pay fealty to a liege that fails at his most basic duty?

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Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of liege gathered in one view.

noun

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

noun

a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service

noun

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for liege.

noun

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

noun

a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service

noun

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

adjective

owing or owed feudal allegiance and service; "one's liege lord"; "a liege subject"

Example sentences

"Why should we pay fealty to a liege that fails at his most basic duty?

If it is deep, unfiltered introspection you seek, psilocybin is your liege.

In return, the serfs had a place to live and gave food and goods to the knights, who pledged service to their liege, who pledged service to theirs, up to the king.

At a certain scale, feudalism or liege-lord-vassal models becomes as good of a mechanism for interpreting outcomes at a human level as anything else.

You mean ... like IBM's endorsement of Linux, and in partnership with Intel and others, forming the Linux Foundation?Having the free guilds be sworn to some liege for protection while providing useful arts is hardly a new concept.