English dictionary
fealty
/'f/i//@/lt/i/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)
Synonyms allegianceSource: WordNet 3.0
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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; loyality. It is no longer the practice to exact the performance of fealty, as a feudal obligation.
Source: webster1913