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lese-majesty

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lese-majesty /liːzˈmadʒɪsti/

▶noun the insulting of a sovereign; treason.

■ presumption or disrespect.

– origin ME: from Fr. lèse-majesté, from L. laesa majestas ‘injured sovereignty’.

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