liege (noun)

  • 31Kingdom of Belgium — noun a monarchy in northwestern Europe; headquarters for the European Union and for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization • Syn: ↑Belgium, ↑Belgique • Derivationally related forms: ↑Belgian (for: ↑Belgium) • Members of this …

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  • 32urban center — noun a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts (Freq. 2) Ancient Troy was a great city • Syn: ↑city, ↑metropolis • Derivationally related forms: ↑metropolitan (for: ↑ …

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  • 33sword service — noun : military service owed to a liege lord by his vassal …

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  • 34Belgium — /bel jeuhm/, n. a kingdom in W Europe, bordering the North Sea, N of France. 10,203,683; 11,779 sq. mi. (30,508 sq. km). Cap.: Brussels. French, Belgique /bel zheek /; Flemish, België /bel khee euh/. * * * Belgium Introduction Belgium Background …

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  • 35Paris arts faculty (The): Siger of Brabant, Boethius of Dacia, Radulphus Brito — The Paris arts faculty: Siger of Brabant, Boethius of Dacia, Radulphus Brito Sten Ebbesen Throughout the thirteenth century Paris overshadowed all other universities in the arts as in theology. This chapter will deal almost exclusively with Paris …

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  • 36Dorians — This article is about the population of ancient Greece. For other uses, see Dorian (disambiguation). History of Greece This article is part of …

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  • 37Local derby — In many countries the term local derby, or simply just derby (pronounced UK: /ˈdɑrbi/ dar bee or US: /ˈdɜrbi/ dur bee; see American and British English differences) means a sporting fixture between two, generally local, rivals,… …

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  • 38Brugmann's law — Brugmann s law, named for Karl Brugmann, states that Proto Indo European PIE|*o (the ablaut alternant of *e ) in non final syllables became *ā in open syllables (syllables ending in a single consonant followed by a vowel) in Indo Iranian.… …

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  • 39heraldry — heraldist, n. /her euhl dree/, n., pl. heraldries. 1. the science of armorial bearings. 2. the art of blazoning armorial bearings, of settling the rights of persons to bear arms or to use certain bearings, of tracing and recording genealogies, of …

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  • 40ligeance — ˈlījən(t)s, ˈlēj noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English legeaunce, from Middle French ligeance, from lige liege + ance more at liege 1. archaic …

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