'fealty' definitions:
Definition of 'fealty'
From: WordNet
noun
The loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign) [syn: allegiance, fealty]
Definition of 'fealty'
From: GCIDE
- fealty \fe"al*ty\ (f[=e]"al*t[y^]), n. [OE. feaute, OF. feaut['e], fealt['e], feelt['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. [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]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fealty'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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