Definitions for fealty
ˈfi əl tifeal·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. allegiance, fealtynoun

   the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. fealtynoun

   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.

2. fealtynoun

   The oath by which this obligation was assumed.

3. Etymology: From fealté, from fidelitas

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fealtynoun

   Duty due to a superior lord; fidelity to a master; loyalty.

   Etymology: feaultè, French.

   I am in parliament pledge for his truth,
   And lasting fealty to the new-made king. William Shakespeare, Rich. III.

   Let my sovereign
   Command my eldest son, nay all my sons,
   As pledges of my fealty and love. William Shakespeare, Henry IV. p. ii.

   Man disobeying,
   Disloyal, breaks his fealty, and sins
   Against the high supremacy of heav’n. John Milton, Par. Lost.

   Each bird and beast hehold
   After their kinds: I bring them to receive
   From thee their names, and pay thee fealty
   With low subjection. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. viii.

   Whether his first design be to withdraw
   Our fealty from God, or to disturb
   Conjugal love. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ix.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fealty

   An oath of fealty, from the Latin fidelitas (faithfulness), is a pledge of allegiance of one person to another.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fealty

   Fealty is a formal acknowledgment of loyalty and duty that a vassal, knight, servant, or subordinate owes to a lord or superior in feudal times. It involves a pledge of allegiance and is often sealed through oaths or codes of conduct. It may also refer to the fidelity or loyalty that someone owes to a government, ruler, or cause in a broader and more modern context.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fealtynoun

   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

2. Fealtynoun

   fidelity; constancy; faithfulness, as of a friend to a friend, or of a wife to her husband

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fealty

   An oath of fealty, from the Latin fidelitas, is a pledge of allegiance of one person to another. Typically the oath is made upon a religious object such as a Bible or saint's relic, often contained within an altar, thus binding the oath-taker before God. Fealty and homage are a key element of feudalism.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fealty

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

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fealty

   Loyalty and due devotion to the queen's service.

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1. • Loyalty

Anagrams for fealty »

1. featly

How to pronounce fealty?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fealty in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fealty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of fealty in a Sentence

1. Charles Krauthammer:

   When democrats complain about not taking stands you go back to Ruth Bader Ginsberg who made it a principle of her nominating process that she would not in any way telegraph where she would stand on anything, ever since the Bork nomination and the fiasco of the attacks on him it’s understood your job up there is to dance, to express a fealty to the constitution. You will say you will be independent and that's it and he did that beautifully.

2. Chuck Schumer:

   Out of fear or fealty to Donald Trump, the Republican minority just prevented the American people from getting the full truth about January 6.

3. Steve Balch:

   My quarrel isn’t with people who think diversity, equity and inclusion are good things, my argument and the argument of the NAS is turning them into dogma and then using them to vet faculty members, graduate students, undergraduate students – creating aversive environment in which you feel you have to swear fealty to a particular creed. I think that’s wrong.

4. Larry Hogan:

   It just bothers me that you have to swear fealty to the dear leader or you get kicked out of the party.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fealty
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fealty
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=fealty
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fealty
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fealty
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=fealty
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=fealty
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=fealty