Liege

/li:dʤ/
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Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Owing feudal allegiance and service: Describes a person, typically a vassal, who is bound to give loyalty and service to a feudal lord.
    • Entitled to feudal allegiance and service: Describes a lord who has the right to receive loyalty and service from vassals.

  2. Noun:

    • A feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service: A sovereign lord or superior to whom fidelity and service are due.
    • A person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord: A vassal or subject bound to a lord.
    • (Proper noun) A city in Belgium: The city of Liège in eastern Belgium.
Usage Examples

  • Adjective:

    • The knights were liege men to the king, sworn to defend his realm.
    • The baron demanded the service due from his liege subjects.

  • Noun (referring to a lord):

    • The vassals gathered to pledge their fealty to their liege.
    • He served as a faithful counselor to his liege.

  • Noun (referring to a vassal):

    • Every liege in the kingdom was summoned to arms. (This usage is less common today.)
Advanced Usage
  • "Liege lord": The specific feudal superior to whom one owes ultimate allegiance.
    • The duke was the liege lord of all the lesser nobles in the region.
  • "Liege homage": The formal ceremony or act of becoming a vassal, swearing loyalty to a lord.
    • The knight performed liege homage and was granted lands in return.
Variants and Related Words
  • Liegedom (n, archaic): The state of being a liege or the territory of a liege lord.
  • Liège (n): The standard spelling for the Belgian city.
Synonyms
  • Lord / Sovereign: For a liege as a superior.
  • Vassal / Subject: For a liege as a subordinate.
  • Feudal: Related to the system in which liege relationships exist.
Related Phrases
  • To do liege service: To perform the military or other duties owed by a vassal.
    • The tenant was obligated to do liege service for forty days each year.
  • To swear liege to: To take an oath of allegiance to a lord.
    • The barons were forced to swear liege to the new king.
Adjective
  1. owing or owed feudal allegiance and service
    • one's liege lord
    • a liege subject
Noun
  1. city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium
  2. a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service
  3. a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord

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