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Forms of Address: Laudate

Laudate. A term applied to one of the Psalms beginning with the words, "Laudate Dominum," that is to say, Praise ye the Lord."

Legatus a latere. A papal ambassador.

Levée en masse, luh vay ong mass. An enrolment of all liable to bear arms for service. In Germany it is styled the Landsturm.

Lex talionis. The law of retaliation. The law of requital in kind. The retaliation expressed in "an eye for an eye" if taken literally would be a lex talionis. Liaison, lee ay zong. A connection. An objectionable intimacy between parties of opposite sex.