lèse-majesté
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lèse-majesté
- /liz ˈmædʒəsti/ US
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French lèse-majesté, from Latin laesa maiestās (“injured majesty”).
noun lèse majesté · lese majeste · lese majesty · lese-majesty · leze majesty
- The crime of violating majesty, an offense against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state. Convictions for the crime of Lèse-Majesté are of almost daily occurrence and, at the opening of the war, an amnesty was granted in many of these cases, the ministry of war withdrawing many prosecutions against poor devils waiting their trial in jail because they had dared to speak disrespectfully of
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noun crime of violating majesty
| Español | lesa majestad |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 불경죄 bulgyeongjoe |
| 日本語 | 不敬罪 fukeizai |
| 中文 | 大不敬 dàbùjìng, 不敬罪 bùjìngzuì |
| Português | lesa-majestade |
| Français | lèse-majesté |
| Deutsch | Majestätsbeleidigung |
| Italiano | lesa maestà |
| Ελληνικά | έγκλημα καθοσιώσεως égklima kathosióseos |
| Русский | оскорбле́ние вели́чества oskorblénije velíčestva |
| Tiếng Việt | khi quân |
Talk about this word "lèse-majesté." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/l%C3%A8se-majest%C3%A9. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. lèse-majesté. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/l%C3%A8se-majest%C3%A9 "lèse-majesté." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/l%C3%A8se-majest%C3%A9.Cite this
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