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liegeIn 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. |
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Some wanted it to be simply "my Lord," others held out for "your Dukeness," and still others preferred "my Sovereign Liege. O noble Marquis of Mantua, My Uncle and liege lord! For six weeks did the robber sheik hold the trade route of the earth, while our liege lord, the West Wind, slept profoundly like a tired Titan, or else remained lost in a mood of idle sadness known only to frank natures. |
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