lèse-majesté
lèse-majesté · lèse-majestés
оскорбление величества
Majestätsbeleidigung
The crime of violating majesty, an offense against the dignity of a reigning sovereign…The crime of violating majesty, an offense against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state.
US/liz ˈmædʒəsti/
Meaning
1 sensesThe crime of violating majesty, an offense against the dignity of a reigning sovereign or against a state.
Majestätsbeleidigung
оскорбле́ние вели́честваoskorblénije velíčestva
Translations
7 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
crime of violating majesty:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
crime of violating majesty:
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from French lèse-majesté, from Latin laesa maiestās (“injured majesty”Unadapted borrowing from French lèse-majesté, from Latin laesa maiestās (“injured majesty”).
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Forms
plural: lèse-majestésWord family
1 related wordsRelatedlesion