lese-majesty

A form of lèse-majesté — The crime of violating majesty, an offense against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state.

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Meanings

nounlese-majesty (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of lèse-majesté.

    “[…]I allow neither perduellion nor lese-majesty against my sovereign authority.”

    1818 July 25, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Company, →OCLC, page 332
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    That is a phrase which was almost lese-majesty in LONDON TRANSPORT before the war, but to-day it is a different story. In fact we take pride in making-do, knowing what a contribution it is to the war effort.

    1943 July and August, “MAKING-DO”, in Railway Magazine, page iii, advertisement by London Transport
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Chicago

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