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单词 ligeance
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ligeancen.

/ˈlʌɪdʒəns//ˈliːdʒəns/
Forms: Middle English legg(e)aunce, lygeaunce, ligence, lygiauns, liegance, Middle English ligeaunce, leg(e)aunce, lygaunce, Middle English–1500s liegeaunce, Middle English–1600s legeance, legiance, ligance, Middle English legiaunce, legauns, legence, liegiance, lyeg(e)aunce, lygeance, lygeauns, 1500s legyaunce, 1500s–1600s liegeance, 1600s–1700s leigeance, ligiance, Middle English–1800s ligeance.
Etymology: < Old French ligeance, legiance, etc. (latinized ligentia , ligantia , legiancia ), < lige liege adj. and n.: see -ance suffix. Compare allegiance n.
1.
a. The obligation of a liege man to his liege lord; the duty of fidelity of a subject to his sovereign or government; = allegiance n. 1a. Obsolete exc. archaic.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > [noun] > obligation of loyalty > to a superior, the government, etc.
fayc1290
ligeance1377
lyance1390
allegiancea1425
fealtyc1460
allegiancy1577
subscription1608
ligeancy1643
1377 Pol. Poems (Rolls) I. 217 And in his leggaunce worthily He abod mony a bitter brayd.
c1382 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 503 Þat..alle þo ordiris of freris, in peyne of lesynge of alle hor legeaunce, telle þo kynge..what is þis sacrament.
c1450 (c1400) Sowdon of Babylon (1881) l. 105 Comaundinge hem vppon legeaunce To come in al hast.
1471 Arriv. Edw. IV (Camden) 39 [They] became his true liegemen, with as streight promyse of trew legiaunce as cowthe be devised.
1489 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) p. xcviii Wee understand..your true mind & faithful liegiance towards us.
c1500 Melusine (1895) lvii. 338 ‘By god’, said geffray, ‘gramercy, Fayre lordes, and I am redy to receyue you to your lygeauns.’ And þenne they dyde to hym hommage.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie ii. xi. 82 She enuirons her people round, Retaining them by oth and liegeance.
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 93 They owe him no leigance, nor obedience.
1660 R. Coke Justice Vindicated ii. 49 How vile would this man make Majesty! how light the ligeance which is due not only by nature, but by oath from all subjects to their rightful Soveraigns?
a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) ii. 191 None sate there before he had taken an oath to bear true ligance to him and his heirs, and to defend his Majesty against all perils.
1689 Consid. conc. Succession & Alleg. 19 Allegiance or Ligeance with respect to the King (for anciently even Inferiour Lords had their Liege-men) imports..That [etc.].
1839–44 M. F. Tupper Proverb. Philos. (1852) 134 Ligeance we swear to our God, and ligeance well we have kept.
occasionally in plural.1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccxii. 258 The frenche kynge..shall rendre and delyuer to the..kynge of Englande..the honours, regalities, obeisaunces, homages, liegeaunces..that apperteyneth..to the crowne of Fraunce.a1658 J. Cleveland Rustick Rampant in Wks. (1687) 471 By the Faith and Liegances which to us ye owe.
b. to do or make (one's) ligeance. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > be faithful or loyal [verb (intransitive)] > take vow of allegiance
to do or make (one's) ligeance1387
1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VIII. 55 Þat he and his successoures and men of Scotlond schulde doo homage legeaunce and feaute to the kynges of Engelond.
1395 J. Purvey Remonstr. (1851) 80 Agens here ligeaunce and solempne ooth maad to king Jon.
c1440 Partonope 2680 The king of fraunce To whom he had made his lyegeaunce.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xlvi. l. 446 Therto ben ȝe bownden Echon be the legaunce ȝe han me don.
1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 23 The next capitall Lord to whom her Ancestors had done legiance.
2. The sway or jurisdiction of a sovereign over his subjects or ‘lieges’; the territories subject to a sovereign. Now only in legal use.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > [noun] > royal or princely authority > over a state or subjects
ligeancec1380
royalty1597
society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of king or royal ruler
richeeOE
worldricheeOE
kindomeOE
kinrikeOE
kingriklOE
kine-erdc1275
kine-landc1275
kine-thedec1275
reigna1300
kine-earthc1300
realmc1300
kingdoma1325
kinglanda1325
regionc1330
ligeancec1380
regneec1380
realtya1387
royalme1389
kingheada1393
regalty?a1400
rialmec1400
monarchy?a1425
rialtya1425
regaly?a1439
regality1486
richdom?1505
state1539
kingdomshipa1549
sceptre-rule1611
royalty1638
kingship1700
raj1781
c1380 Sir Ferumbras (1879) l. 1270 We..buþ Charlis men þe Emperere & vnder his liegeaunce.
1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 176 What is a king in his ligance, Wher that ther is no lawe in londe?
1447 Act 25 Hen. VI in R. Bolton Statutes Ireland (1621) 9 Any such Irish enemies so received to the legeance of our Souveraigne Lord.
1609 Ld. Ellesmere Speech touching Post-nati 5 Hee was borne..within the ligeance of his said Maiestie.
1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 129 He may be born out of the realm of England yet within the liegeance.
1652 M. Nedham in tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea Ep. Ded. The Seas of Engl. were ever under the Legiance of our Kings.
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. 366 Such as are born within the dominions of the crown of England, that is, within the ligeance, or as it is generally called, the allegiance of the king.
1804 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. III. 375 All children born out of the ligeance of the crown of England.
a1859 J. Austin Lect. Jurispr. (1879) II. xxxi. 570 An alien enemy living within the ligeance of our king.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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