01 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…
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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.
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Fidelity; constancy; faithfulness, as of a friend to a friend, or of a wife to her husband.“He should maintain fealty to God.” — I. Taylor.“Makes wicked lightnings of her eyes, and saps The fealty of our friends.” — tennyson.“Swore fealty to the new government.” — Macaulay.