liege
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“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
“I will bear unto you, as your liege man of life and limb. So help me God,” William said.
From Seattle Times ● May 6, 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
Randyll Tarly left the hall with his liege lord, their green-cloaked spearmen right behind them.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
He nods slightly to his lieges, who nervously stand aside.
From Time Magazine Archive
Less easily fixed is the ! breach of the implicit contract between the princes and their lieges.
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
L Of all the gorgeous presents nothing was left untold, Given them by good Sir Siegfried; the raiment and the gold, That the three brethren's lieges might view them forth were laid.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
On this occasion the Observer gave the lieges appropriate pictures of the august ceremony.
From The Pictorial Press Its Origin and Progress by Mason Jackson
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