Look up: Liège


  1. Liege
    [adj] - owing or owed feudal allegiance and service 2. [n] - city in eastern Belgium
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  2. liege
    In the feudal system, the allegiance owed by a vassal to his or her lord (the liege lord). ...
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  3. Liege
    Liege (lēj) adjective [ Middle English lige , lege , French lige , Late Latin ligius , legius , liege, unlimited, complete, probably of German origin; confer German ledig free from bonds and obstacles, M...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/38

  4. Liege
    Liege (lēj) noun 1. A free and independent person; specif., a lord paramount; a sovereign. Mrs. Browning. « The anointed sovereign of sighs and groans, Liege of all loiterers and malcontents.» Shak. ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/38

  5. liege
    1. Sovereign; independent; having authority or right to allegiance; as, a liege lord. 'She looked as grand as doomsday and as grave; And he, he reverenced his liege lady there.' (Tennyson) ... 2. Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal t...
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  6. liege
    adjective owing or owed feudal allegiance and service; `one`s liege lord`; `a liege subject`
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  7. Liege
    Luik noun city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium
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  8. liege
    noun a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service
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  9. Liege
    • (a.) Full; perfect; complete; pure. • (a.) 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. • (n.) The subject of a sovereign or lord; a l...
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  10. Liège
    (from the article `Low Countries, history of`) ...Church (Reichskirche), in which the spiritual and secular principalities played an important part. The most important ecclesiastical ... In Flanders and in the bishopric of Liège, the towns rapidly attained such power that they constituted a threat ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/47

  11. Liège
    capital of Liège province, eastern Belgium, on the Meuse River at its confluence with the Ourthe. (The grave accent in Liège was officially approved ... [11 related articles]
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  12. liege
    (probably from German ledig, `empty` or `free`), in European feudal society, an unconditional bond between a man and his overlord. Thus, if a tenant ...
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  1. Liège
    [Paris Métro] It was built as part of the Nord-Sud Company`s Line B from Saint-Lazare to Porte de Saint-Ouen and opened on 26 February 1911 as Berlin, named after the nearby Rue Berlin. As the Rue d`Amsterdam, which the line runs under at this point is too narrow to accommodate facing platf...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liège_(Paris_Métro)

  2. Liège
    [province] Liège (lang; Lîdje; Luik, Nl-Luik.ogg; Lüttich, IPA) is the easternmost province of Wallonia and Belgium. It is an area of French and German ethnicity. It borders on (clockwise from the north) the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and in Belgium the provinces of Luxembourg, Nam...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liège_(province)

  3. liege
    1. a person holding a fief
    2. city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium

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  4. Liège
    Liège (lyezh) , Du. Luik, Ger. Lüttich, province (1991 pop. 999,646), 1,526 sq mi (3,952 sq km), E Belgium, bordering on Germany in the east. The chief cities are Liège (the capital), Verviers, Herstal, Huy, and Seraing. The province is French-speaking (see Walloons) except in the eas...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0829727.html

  5. Liège
    Liège, Du. Luik, Ger. Lüttich, city (1991 pop. 194,596), capital of Liège prov., E Belgium, at the confluence of the Meuse and Ourthe rivers, near the Dutch and German borders. Greater Liège includes the suburbs of Herstal, Ougrée, and Grivegnée. The commercial cent...
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  6. Liege
    Obs. From the Latin, ligare, to bind. The lord to whom a vassal swears 'liege' fealty, usually the King. The bond subsisting between the subject and chief, or lord and vassal, binding the one to protection and just government, the other to tribute and due subjection. The prince or chief is called li...
    Found op http://www.lectlaw.com/def/l035.htm

  7. Liège
    (city) Industrial city, capital of Liège province in eastern Belgium, southeast of Brussels, almost bisected by the River Meuse, and bounded on the east side by Germany; population (2006 est) 187,100. It is one of the largest river ports in Europe. Weapons, textiles, paper, and chemic...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0002030.html

  8. liege
    In the feudal system, the allegiance owed by a vassal to his or her lord (the liege lord)
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  9. Liège
    (province) Province of eastern Belgium, including the French- and German-speaking communities of the Walloon region, bordered by Germany to the east, the Netherlands to the north, and the provinces of Limbourg, Flemish and Walloon Brabant, Namur, and Luxembourg to the west; area 3,...
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  10. Liège
    [car] The Liège is a lightweight two-seater car. An original design by Peter Davis, inspired by the classic sporting car era of the 1950s. Fifty of these cars were supplied in component form between 1997 and 2007. Designed and developed from 1985 to 1996 in Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, En...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liège_(car)

  11. Liège
    Liège (ljɛːʒ; Luik, Nl-Luik.ogg; Lidje; Lüttich; Leodium; Luuk; Léck; until 17 September 1946 the city`s name was written Liége, with the acute accent instead of a grave accent) is a major city and municipality of Belgium located in the province of Liège, of which it is the economic capital...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liège

  12. liege
    1) Belgian city 2) City of eastern belgium 3) City on the meuse 4) Faithful 5) Feudal figure 6) Feudal lord 7) Feudal lord or vassal 8) Feudal lord, or his subject 9) Feudal subject 10) Feudal superior 11) Feudal vassal ...
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/liege/1

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