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[Liztiz]

Not sure if this is the right place. I remember in films and on tv, knights calling their king something like " I cant spell this bit " My Leeg or Leej" Thats how it sounded. Did it mean "My Lord"? thanks.

[Quizmonster]

My liege...meaning lord or superior.

[Liztiz]

Thanks Quizmonster. I've been wondering about that for days. It does'nt seem to be used anymore in films etc does it? I know how to spell it now:-)

[Quizmonster]

The word was only used in a feudal situation involving a superior lord and his vassals...ie serfs or underlings. Consequently, Liz, one would expect to hear it only in a film dealing with that period of history. I don't suppose they make many of these any more!

[jno]

You still get the occasional Arthurian film, Quizmonster (though I think the last one was set pre-feudally, which was probably more accurate). And at my office we are all required to refer to the boss like that all the time...

[reinganum]

Sorry to spoil everyone's fun, but in the Form and Order of Service for the Coronation of the present Queen, there is a section of the service called the Homage. After the Queen was enthroned, the first person to pay homage was her husband Prince Philip, in the following words:

I, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, do become your liege man of life and limb...

(could type more but it would take all night)

[Quizmonster]

Quite, Reinganum, but a coronation is essentially a feudal ceremony...one might even go so far as to say that having a queen at all is, in itself, 'medi�val'!
Much of what happens at Court, at Westminster and in the Law is similar, so it is hardly surprising that a lot of the language in these places is too. 'Homage' is a perfect example.

[Solarjunkie]

It's the one to whom you owe allegence, "al-liege-nce".