liège

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A province in Wallonia, Belgium
The capital city of the province of Liège
Flemish Luik City (pop., 2000 est.: 185,639), eastern Belgium. Located at the confluence of the Meuse and Ourthe rivers, it was inhabited in prehistoric times and was known to the Romans as Leodium. It became a town when St. Hubert transferred his see there in 721, and it was noted as a centre of learning in the Middle Ages. Annexed to France in 1795, it was later assigned with the rest of Belgium to The Netherlands in 1815. A centre of the successful revolt for Belgian independence in 1830, it is now an industrial research centre and a major port
liege
Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord
liege
A free and independent person; specifically, a lord paramount; a sovereign
liege
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
liege
The subject of a sovereign or lord; a liegeman
liege
Full; perfect; complete; pure
liege
sovereign
liege
{a} trusty, faithful
liege
{n} a lord, a sovereign
liege
a person holding a fief
liege
city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium owing or owed feudal allegiance and service; "one's liege lord"; "a liege subject
liege
city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium
liege
{i} feudal lord or sovereign; one who owes allegiance to a feudal lord, peasant, vassal
liege
A free and independent person; specif
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owing or owed feudal allegiance and service; "one's liege lord"; "a liege subject"
liege
a lord paramount; a sovereign
liege
A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign
liege
In European feudal society, an unconditional bond between a man and his overlord. Thus, if a tenant held estates from various overlords, his obligations to his liege lord, to whom he had paid "liege homage," were greater than his obligations to the other lords, to whom he had paid only "simple homage." See also feudal land tenure
liege
{s} obliged to serve a feudal lord; loyal
liege poustie
(Law) condition or state of a person who is in his regular health and capacity; condition of complete health requisite to do legal acts
liège

    Silbentrennung

    liege

    Türkische aussprache

    lic

    Aussprache

    /ˈlēʤ/ /ˈliːʤ/

    Etymologie

    () Middle English lege, lige, liege from Anglo-Norman lige from Old French liege "liege, free", of Germanic origin, from Middle High German ledic, ledec "free, empty, vacant" (Modern German ledig "unmarried") from Proto-Germanic *liþugaz (“flexible, free, unoccupied”). Akin to Old Frisian leþeg, leþoch "free", Old English liþiġ "flexible", Old Norse liðugr "free, unhindered", Middle Dutch ledich "idle, unemployed", Middle English lethi "unoccupied, at leisure". An alternate etymology traces the Old French word from Late Latin laeticus "of or relating to a semifree colonist in Gaul" from laetus "a semi-free colonist", of Germanic origin, akin to Old English læt "servant".
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