ligeance

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English legiaunce, from Old French ligeance, legeance, ligance; equivalent to liege +‎ -ance; compare allegiance.

Noun

ligeance (plural ligeances)

  1. (UK, law) The connection between sovereign and subject by which they are mutually bound, the former to protection and the securing of justice, the latter to faithful service; allegiance.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ligeance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

ligeance

  1. Alternative form of legiaunce
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.