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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—L

Liesse

(2 syl.). Abbé de Liesse or Abbas Letitiae. The French term for the “Boy Bishop,” or “Abbot of Unreason.” (See Abbot.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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