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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Liege a.
 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 to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a liege man; a liege subject.
 3. Old Law Full; perfect; complete; pure. --Burrill.
 Liege homage Feudal Custom, that homage of one sovereign or prince to another which acknowledged an obligation of fealty and services.
 Liege poustie [L. legitima potestas] Scots Law, perfect, i. e., legal, power; specif., having health requisite to do legal acts.
 Liege widowhood, perfect, i. e., pure, widowhood. [Obs.]