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单词 lese majesty
释义 lese majesty
noun
or lèse ma·jes·té \ˈlēzˈmajə̇stē, -ti\
(plural lese majesties or lèse majestés)
Etymology: lese majesty part translation of Middle French lese majesté, leze majesté, from Latin laesa majestas, literally, injured majesty; lése majestè from French, from Middle French
1.
 a.
  (1) : a crime (as high treason) committed against a sovereign power
   < people convicted of lèse majestéHartford (Conn.) Courant >
  (2) : an offense violating the dignity of a ruler as the representative of a sovereign power
   < so did lèse majesté against Stalin surpass all other crimes — Georg Mann >
 b. : a detraction from the dignity or importance of a constituted authority
  < lèse majesté toward the Church — New Yorker >
  < time has so mellowed Strachey's lèse majesté that his biography has been accepted … as a human portrait of the great Queen — Time >
  < to belittle the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank has always been almost lèse majesté here — Christopher Rand >
2. : an affront to position or authority : indignity, outrage
 < some varlet put a parking ticket on the … car, which is lèse majesté, and the whole town had to prostrate itself — Claudia Cassidy >
 < any criticism of it is … lese majesty — Hunter Mead >
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