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lese majesty
[ leez maj-uh-stee, lez ]
noun
- Law.
- a crime, especially high treason, committed against the sovereign power.
- an offense that violates the dignity of a ruler.
- an attack on any custom, institution, belief, etc., held sacred or revered by numbers of people:
Her speech against Mother's Day was criticized as lese majesty.
lese-majesty
/ ˈliːzˈmædʒɪstɪ /
noun
- any of various offences committed against the sovereign power in a state; treason
- an attack on authority or position
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Origin of lese majesty1
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Example Sentences
How could they, when they saw in the temper of the people too plain proofs that their lese-majesty had borne evil fruit?
Got to have a finger in some political pie, and political pies in Russia before the war were lese-majesty.
It will also be observed that he was condemned for no categorical crime—lese-majesty, treason, or rebellion.
They have conquered you already, as they boast, for the crime of lese-majesty has placed you at their mercy.
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