About The Word Fealty
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Fealty
Fealty Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Fealty?
[n] the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)
Synonyms | Synonyms for Fealty: allegiance Related Terms | Find terms related to Fealty: acquiescence | adherence | adhesion | allegiance | ardor | assigned task | attachment | bona fides | bond | bonne foi | bounden duty | burden | business | call of duty | charge | commitment | compliance | conformity | constancy | dedication | deference | dependability | devoir | devotedness | devotion | duteousness | duties and responsibilities | dutifulness | duty | ethics | faith | faithfulness | fidelity | firmness | good faith | homage | imperative | line of duty | loyalty | mission | must | obedience | obediency | obligation | observance | onus | ought | piety | place | reliability | respect | self-imposed duty | service | servility | servitium | staunchness | steadfastness | submission | submissiveness | suit and service | suit service | support | tie | troth | true blue | trueness | trustworthiness | truth | willingness See Also | loyalty Fealty In Webster's Dictionary \Fe"al*ty\, n. [OE. faute, OF. faut['e], fealt['e],
feel['e], feelteit, fr. L. fidelitas, fr. fidelis faithful.
See {Feal}, and cf. Fidelity.]
1. Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the
tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; the
special oath by which this obligation was assumed;
fidelity to a superior power, or to a government;
loyality. It is no longer the practice to exact the
performance of fealty, as a feudal obligation. --Wharton
(Law Dict. ). Tomlins.
2. Fidelity; constancy; faithfulness, as of a friend to a
friend, or of a wife to her husband.
He should maintain fealty to God. --I. Taylor.
Makes wicked lightnings of her eyes, and saps The
fealty of our friends. --tennyson.
Swore fealty to the new government. --Macaulay.
Note: Fealty is distinguished from homage, which is an
acknowledgment of tenure, while fealty implies an oath.
See {Homage}. --Wharton.
Syn: Homage; loyality; fidelity; constancy.
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