liege
Example Sentences
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The coronation liturgy doesn’t have Camilla kneeling like Philip did at Elizabeth’s coronation, when he pledged to “become your liege man of life and limb, and of earthly worship.”
From Washington Post
If you called him over to your desk, he would stand at stiff attention, strike his chest with his fist in a Roman salute and say, “Yes, my liege.”
From Washington Post
Then, in the manner of a servant capitulating to the whims of his liege, he curtsies toward the lens.
From New York Times
The Emperor’s New Clothiers “Trust the media mob, in its crudity, To sell papers by hyping up nudity And implying his garb was aberrant, When our liege was just being transparent!”
From Washington Post
Under protest or not, Philip knelt before the newly crowned queen in 1952 and pledged to become her “liege man of life and limb, and of earthly worship.”
From Washington Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
