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noun, plural -ties.
1.
History/Historical.
a.
fidelity to a lord.
b.
the obligation or the engagement to be faithful to a lord, usually sworn to by a vassal.
2.
fidelity; faithfulness.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English feute, feaute, fealtye < Anglo-French, Old French feauté, fealté < Latin fidēlitāt- (stem of fidēlitās) fidelity; internal -au-, -al- from feal, reshaping (by substitution of -al- -al1) of fe(d)eil < Latin fidēlis
1275–1325; Middle English feute, feaute, fealtye < Anglo-French, Old French feauté, fealté < Latin fidēlitāt- (stem of fidēlitās) fidelity; internal -au-, -al- from feal, reshaping (by substitution of -al- -al1) of fe(d)eil < Latin fidēlis
Related forms
non·fe·al·ty, noun, plural -ties.
un·fe·al·ty, noun, plural -ties.
Synonyms
2. loyalty, devotion.
2. loyalty, devotion.
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Fealty
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Example Sentences
- Two groups are competing for the fealty of the old grads.
- His reluctance to put things on a financial footing, rather, shows a desire for his subjects' absolute fealty.
- Voting has become more a matter of consumer choice than of ideological fealty.
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| fealty (ˈfiːəltɪ) | |
| —n , pl -ties | |
| See homage (in feudal society) the loyalty sworn to one's lord on becoming his vassal | |
| [C14: from Old French fealte, from Latin fidēlitās | |
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Word Origin & History
fealty
c.1300, from O.Fr. feauté, from L. fidelitatem (nom. fidelitas) "fidelity," from fidelis "loyal, faithful" (see fidelity).
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