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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_61274" /> == | |||
<p> LIEGE, a. L. ligo, to bind Gr. to bind, to bend a withe. </p> 1. [[Bound]] by a feudal tenure obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord subject faithful as a liege man. [[By]] liege homage, a vassal was bound to serve his lord against all, without excepting his sovereign or against all, excepting a former lord to whom he owed like service. 2. [[Sovereign]] as a liege lord. [[See]] the noun. <p> LIEGE, n. supra. </p> 1. A vassal holding a fee by which he is bound to perform certain services and duties to his lord. 2. A lord or superior a sovereign. <p> Note. This is a false application of the word, arising probably from transferring the word from the vassal to the lord the lord of liege men, being called liege lord. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75786" /> == | |||
<p> A town in [[Belgium]] and capital of the Walloons, in a very picturesque region at the confluence of the Ourthe with the Meuse, the busiest town in Belgium and a chief seat of the woollen manufacture; it is divided in two by the Meuse, which is spanned by 17 bridges; it is the centre of a great mining district, and besides woollens has manufactures of machinery, and steel and iron goods. </p> | <p> A town in [[Belgium]] and capital of the Walloons, in a very picturesque region at the confluence of the Ourthe with the Meuse, the busiest town in Belgium and a chief seat of the woollen manufacture; it is divided in two by the Meuse, which is spanned by 17 bridges; it is the centre of a great mining district, and besides woollens has manufactures of machinery, and steel and iron goods. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_61274"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/liege Liège from King James Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_75786"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/liège Liège from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_75786"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/liège Liège from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 20:18, 11 October 2021
King James Dictionary [1]
LIEGE, a. L. ligo, to bind Gr. to bind, to bend a withe.
1. Bound by a feudal tenure obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord subject faithful as a liege man. By liege homage, a vassal was bound to serve his lord against all, without excepting his sovereign or against all, excepting a former lord to whom he owed like service. 2. Sovereign as a liege lord. See the noun.
LIEGE, n. supra.
1. A vassal holding a fee by which he is bound to perform certain services and duties to his lord. 2. A lord or superior a sovereign.
Note. This is a false application of the word, arising probably from transferring the word from the vassal to the lord the lord of liege men, being called liege lord.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
A town in Belgium and capital of the Walloons, in a very picturesque region at the confluence of the Ourthe with the Meuse, the busiest town in Belgium and a chief seat of the woollen manufacture; it is divided in two by the Meuse, which is spanned by 17 bridges; it is the centre of a great mining district, and besides woollens has manufactures of machinery, and steel and iron goods.