liege-lord

To his questions respecting her dress, she answered that she had obtained it in the Kirktown from a friend; it was the holiday suit of a son of hers, who had taken the field with his liege-lord, the baron of the land.

The Monastery 2008

As Old Alice spoke, her face kindled, as probably that of an ancient feudal vassal might have done in whose presence his youthful liege-lord had showed some symptom of degenerating from the spirit of his ancestors.

The Bride of Lammermoor 2008

But in any event, the feudal lord was constrained by traditional limits on his traditional role, as well as by the increasingly complex network of liege-lord relationships that involved him with his lord, the Church, the Guilds, and other more or less independent institutions.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Putting the Socialism Back Into National Socialism: 2007

Your liege-lord and Prince has concluded that, while Jachiel and his Protector must and will remain so long as they claim Sanctuary, any further delay in informing his lord father of the child's whereabouts may endanger Misthold itself.

Music to My Sorrow Lackey, Mercedes 2005

Alas that the greater feast was reserved for another, but so long as his liege-lord played this deep game among the mortals, Toirealach was bound to aid him in it.

Music To My Sorrow Lackey, Mercedes 2005

As peculiar as it might seem in World Above terms, Arvin was his liege-lord, and he owed him the proper forms of respect in this world.

Music to My Sorrow Lackey, Mercedes 2005

As peculiar as it might seem in World Above terms, Arvin was his liege-lord, and he owed him the proper forms of respect in this world.

Music To My Sorrow Lackey, Mercedes 2005

Your liege-lord and Prince has concluded that, while Jachiel and his Protector must and will remain so long as they claim Sanctuary, any further delay in informing his lord father of the child's whereabouts may endanger Misthold itself.

Music To My Sorrow Lackey, Mercedes 2005

Alas that the greater feast was reserved for another, but so long as his liege-lord played this deep game among the mortals,

Music to My Sorrow Lackey, Mercedes 2005

But after all, I could not see (until I grew much older, and came to have some property) why Tom Faggus, working hard, was called a robber and felon of great; while the King, doing nothing at all (as became his dignity), was liege-lord, and paramount owner; with everybody to thank him kindly for accepting tribute.

Lorna Doone Richard Doddridge 2004