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liege (lēj)

[Middle English, from Old French, entitled to feudal allegiance, from Late Latin laeticus, being a semifree colonist in Gaul, from laetus, a semifree colonist, of Germanic origin.]

noun 

  1. A lord or sovereign to whom allegiance and service are due according to feudal law.
  2. A vassal or subject owing allegiance and services to a lord or sovereign under feudal law.
  3. A loyal subject to a monarch.

adjective 

    1. Entitled to the loyalty and services of vassals or subjects: a liege lord.
    2. Bound to give such allegiance and services to a lord or monarch.
  2. Loyal; faithful.
Li·ège (lē-āzh́, lyĕzh)

 

A city of eastern Belgium near the Dutch and German borders. First mentioned in 558, it was a noted intellectual center in the Middle Ages. Liège was held by France from 1794 to 1815 and by the Netherlands from 1815 to 1830.