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.]
Liege (lj), n. 1. A free and independent person; specif., a lord
paramount; a sovereign. Mrs. Browning.
The anointed sovereign of sighs and groans, Liege of all loiterers
and malcontents.
Shak.