- any of various offences committed against the sovereign power in a state; treason
- an attack on authority or position
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lese′ maj′esty
(lēz),USA pronunciation
- Lawmaking
- a crime, esp. 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.
- French lèse-majesté, after Latin (crīmen) laesae mājestātis (the crime) of injured majesty
- 1530–40
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lese-majesty /ˈliːzˈmædʒɪstɪ/ n
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