Definition of fealty Fealty

/fiˈʌlti/ - [feeultee] - fe•al•ty

We found 8 definitions of fealty from 6 different sources.

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What does fealty mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

fealty - the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)
  allegiance
  loyalty, trueness the quality of being loyal
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • fealty (Noun)
    Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; fidelity; allegiance; faithfulness.
  • fealty (Noun)
    The oath by which this obligation was assumed.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • fealty (n.)
    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.
  • fealty (n.)
    Fidelity; constancy; faithfulness, as of a friend to a friend, or of a wife to her husband.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • fealty
    fē′al-ti, or fēl′ti, n. the vassal's oath of fidelity to his feudal lord: loyalty. [O. Fr. fealte—L. fidelitat-emfidelis, faithful—fidĕre, to trust.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book

  • fealty
    Loyalty and due devotion to the queen's service.

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