LESE MAJESTY


Meaning of LESE MAJESTY in English

/leez/

1. Law.

a. a crime, esp. high treason, committed against the sovereign power.

b. 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.

Also, lèse majesty .

[ 1530-40; lèse-majesté, after L ( crimen ) laesae majestatis (the crime) of injured majesty ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .