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liege
1[ leej, leezh ]
noun
- a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
- a feudal vassal or subject.
adjective
- owing primary allegiance and service to a feudal lord.
- pertaining to the relation between a feudal vassal and lord.
- loyal; faithful:
the liege adherents of a cause.
Liège
2[ lee-eyzh; French lyezh ]
noun
- a city in E Belgium, on the Meuse River: one of the first cities attacked in World War I.
- a province in E Belgium. 1,521 sq. mi. (3,940 sq. km). : Liège.
Liège
1/ lɪˈeɪʒ; ljɛʒ /
noun
- a province of E Belgium: formerly a principality of the Holy Roman Empire, much larger than the present-day province. Pop: 1 029 605 (2004 est). Area: 3877 sq km (1497 sq miles)
- a city in E Belgium, capital of Liège province: the largest French-speaking city in Belgium; river port and industrial centre. Pop: 185 488 (2004 est)
liege
2/ liːdʒ /
adjective
- (of a lord) owed feudal allegiance (esp in the phrase liege lord )
- (of a vassal or servant) owing feudal allegiance
a liege subject
- of or relating to the relationship or bond between liege lord and liegeman
liege homage
- faithful; loyal
noun
- a liege lord
- a liegeman or true subject
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Origin of liege1
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Example Sentences
A century later the body was removed from Liège and reinterred in the abbey church of the Benedictine monks of Ardennes.
And at Liège he was buried, but thirteen years afterwards his body was disinterred, and lo!
In 1659 he started on a tour to Italy, but at Bordeaux he fell in love with a girl from Liège, whom he married.
The truth is still as true as it was at Liège that the Belgians held up the enemy till France was ready to receive them.
He carried a rifle in his car, and told us he had killed over fifty Germans since Liège.
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