n. [ OE. feaute, OF. feauté, fealté, feelté, 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; loyalty. It is no longer the practice to exact the performance of fealty, as a feudal obligation. Wharton (Law Dict.). Tomlins. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Fidelity; constancy; faithfulness, as of a friend to a friend, or of a wife to her husband. [ 1913 Webster ]
He should maintain fealty to God. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Makes wicked lightnings of her eyes, and saps The fealty of our friends. tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Swore fealty to the new government. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Fealty is distinguished from homage, which is an acknowledgment of tenure, while fealty implies an oath. See Homage. Wharton.
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