Liege

liege

In European feudal society, an unconditional bond between a man and his overlord. Thus, if a tenant held estates from various overlords, his obligations to his liege lord, to whom he had paid “liege homage,” were greater than his obligations to the other lords, to whom he had paid only “simple homage.” See also feudal land tenure.

---

liege

1. (of a lord) owed feudal allegiance (esp in the phrase liege lord)

2. (of a vassal or servant) owing feudal allegiance

3. of or relating to the relationship or bond between liege lord and liegeman

4. a liege lord

5. a liegeman or true subject

---

Liège 

(Luik), a province in eastern Belgium, in the basin of the Meuse River. Area, 3,900 sq km; population, 1,015,300 (1971). The city of Liege is the province’s capital. The province is an important industrial region of the country. Its leading industries include ferrous and nonferrous metallurgy, glass production, machine building (construction of railroad cars), and the production of electronic equipment, chemicals, and woolen articles.