liege

“Crimson Sky” enables her to finally exercise her strategic prowess, as Mariko travels to Osaka in a scheme concocted by her liege Hiroyuki Sanada’s Lord Toranaga.

From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2024

The liege waffle, coated in sticky caramel, has the most wonderful chew — it’s more like a yeasted doughnut than a batter-based waffle — and is great at room temperature.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

I, William, Prince of Wales, pledge my loyalty to you, and faith and truth I will bear unto you, as your liege man of life and limb.

From BBC ● May 5, 2023

His eldest son and heir Prince William will then pay homage, kneeling before his father, placing his hands between those of the king and pledging his loyalty as “your liege man of life and limb”.

From Reuters ● May 5, 2023

"You cannot stop them talking, my liege," Davos said, "but when you take your vengeance on your broth-ers' true killers, the realm will know such tales for lies."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

Less easily fixed is the ! breach of the implicit contract between the princes and their lieges.

From Time Magazine Archive

He nods slightly to his lieges, who nervously stand aside.

From Time Magazine Archive

Somewhere out there, all the lords and ladies and lieges ruling over far-flung Courts are arriving to pay their respects to the new High King.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black

LIV Then said the Knight of Trony, "Such oft have reach'd my ear And, had I not come hither to serve my lieges dear, I fain, to do you honor, had ridd'n into this land."

From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown

Bonfires blazed and joy bells rang throughout the land; feasts of unexampled bounteousness coarsely brought home to the lieges the blessing that had come to save the country from the calamity of a disputed succession.

From The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History by Hume, Martin Andrew Sharp