lese majesty en · NOUN
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative form of lèse-majesté.
alt of lèse-majesté
His father was what you call an agitator, and his father was in jail for lese majesty—what you call speaking the truth about the Emperor.
1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC: