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Legislature vs Lege - What's the difference?

legislature | lege |

As nouns the difference between legislature and lege

is that legislature is a governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws while lege is (us|colloquial) legislature or lege can be (ireland|slang) legend, colloquially used to describe a person who is held in high regard.

As a verb lege is

(obsolete) to allege; to assert.

legislature

English

(wikipedia legislature)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A governmental body with the power to make, amend and repeal laws.
  • (Canada) A legislative building.

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    lege

    English

    Etymology 1

    (en) for legislature.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (US, colloquial) legislature

    • Etymology 2

    Abbreviated from .

    Verb

    (leg)
  • (obsolete) To allege; to assert.
    • (Bishop Fisher)

    Etymology 3

    (en) for legend.

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Ireland, slang) legend, colloquially used to describe a person who is held in high regard

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