lese-majesty








noun

  1. Law.
    1. a crime, especially high treason, committed against the sovereign power.
    2. an offense that violates the dignity of a ruler.
  2. 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.

noun

  1. any of various offences committed against the sovereign power in a state; treason
  2. an attack on authority or position

n.“offense against sovereign authority, treason,” 1530s (mid-15c. as an Anglo-French word), from French lèse-majesté, from Latin laesa majestos “violated majesty,” from laesus, past participle of laedere “to hurt, injure, damage, offend, insult,” of unknown origin.

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