14 August 2016
liege
[leej, leezh]
noun
1. a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service.
2. a feudal vassal or subject.
adjective
3. owing primary allegiance and service to a feudal lord.
4. pertaining to the relation between a feudal vassal and lord.
5. loyal; faithful:
the liege adherents of a cause.
Origin of liege
Middle English Old French Germanic Latin
1250-1300; Middle English < Old French li (e) ge ≪ Germanic *lēt- vassal + Latin -icus -ic; compare Medieval Latin lētī barbarians allowed to settle on Roman land (< Germanic; perhaps akin to let1), laeticus for *lēticus, derivative of lētī
Examples from the Web for liege
Historical Examples
“Wait till you have seen the arrangements, my liege,” said Careless.
Boscobel: or, the royal oak
William Harrison Ainsworth
Allegiance: the duty due from a subject to his liege the sovereign.
The History of London
Walter Besant
The lace of Brussels and the fire-arms of liege are among the finest in the world.
Alden’s Handy Atlas of the World
John B. Alden
The province of liege was the cradle of the Christian faith.
Olla Podrida
Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)
Then taking the same view of gratitude which his liege and master took, home he went without delay to secure his privileges.
Cradock Nowell, Vol. 1 (of 3)
Richard Doddridge Blackmore
Her occupation as Dick’s liege lady, confidante, and tormentor would be gone.
Viviette
William J. Locke
“Your pardon, my liege, but I cannot answer the question,” replied Nicholas.
The Lancashire Witches
William Harrison Ainsworth
The defenses of liege were hardly worth an enemy’s gunfire before 1890.
The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII)
Various
Our curiosity led us into an apartment where the noon meal was being prepared by a wife for her liege lord.
My Trip Around the World
Eleonora Hunt
Doubtless reports had come to him of the situation at liege.
The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII)
Various
Anagram
I glee
Today’s quote
Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.
– Bertolt Brecht
On this day
14 August 1248 – construction begins on the Cologne Cathedral in Germany.
14 August 1880 – construction of the Cologne Cathedral in Germany is finally completed … 632 years after commencement.
14 August 1947 – Pakistan Independence Day. At the stroke of midnight (14/15 August), India was partitioned and the nation of Pakistan created, independent of British and Indian rule.
14 August 1956 – death of Bertolt Brecht, German playwright, writer and theatre practitioner. Born 10 February 1898.
14 August 1963 – Considered to be the founding documents of Australia’s indigenous land rights (native title) movement, the first Bark Petition was presented to the Australian Government’s House of Representatives by Jock Nelson, Member for the Northern Territory on behalf of the Yolngu people of Yirrkala. The second Bark Petition was presented to the House of Representatives by then Opposition Leader, Arthur Calwell. The petitions were ochre paintings on bark and signed by 13 clan leaders of the Yolngu region (Gove peninsula), protesting the Commonwealth Government granting mining rights to Nabalco on Yolngu land . The petitions resulted in a parliamentary inquiry that recommended compensation be paid to the Yolngu people. It was the first recognition of native title in Australia.