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lẹ̄ǧe
adj.
40 quotations in 3 senses
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(a) Of a feudal superior: entitled to feudal allegiance and service; of a sovereign: entitled to a subject's allegiance;
lege lord, lege ladie, lege soverain
, etc.; (b)
fig.
lege lord
, religious Lord…
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