lieges in English

noun
1
a province of eastern Belgium. Formerly ruled by independent prince-bishops, it became a part of the Netherlands in 1815 and of Belgium in 1830.

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1. ‘He took Angevin power to its zenith and made himself overlord of Ireland with a campaign in 1171, gaining the loyalty of important Irish rulers and establishing Normans as his lieges in Leinster.’ ‘He was blessed, or perhaps cursed, with the extensive Angevin heritage, an heritage that made him more powerful than the king of France.’