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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The fidelity owed by a vassal to his feudal lord.
  2. n. The oath of such fidelity.
  3. n. Faithfulness; allegiance. See Synonyms at fidelity.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Fidelity. to a lord; faithful adherence of a tenant or vassal to the superior of whom he holds his lands; the solemn recognition by the tenant, under oath, of his lord's paramount right.
  2. n. Fidelity in general, as of one friend to another, of a wife to a husband, etc.; faithfulness; faith; loyalty.
  3. n. Synonyms Allegiance. Loyalty, Fealty. See allegiance.

Wiktionary

  1. n. 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. n. The oath by which this obligation was assumed.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. 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 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. n. Fidelity; constancy; faithfulness, as of a friend to a friend, or of a wife to her husband.

WordNet 3.0

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

Etymologies

  1. From Anglo-Norman fealté, from Latin fidēlitās ("faithfulness") (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English fealtye, from Old French fealte, from Latin fidēlitās, faithfulness, from fidēlis, faithful, from fidēs, faith; see bheidh- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (4)

Words with the same meaning

  1. fidelity
  1. loyality
  1. homage
  1. constancy

hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. loyalty
  1. trueness

same context (22)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. allegiance
  2. fidelity
  3. constancy
  4. homage
  1. abjuration
  2. obedience
  3. amity
  4. fealtie
  1. veneration
  2. chastity
  3. celibacy
  4. vassalage
  1. obeisance
  2. credence
  3. troth
  4. penitence
  1. secrecy
  2. esteem
  3. adherence
  4. servitude
  1. gratitude
  2. goodwill

rhymes (1)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. realty

reverse dictionary (23)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. feute
  2. fealty
  3. liege homage
  4. homage
  1. realty
  2. subinfeudation
  3. vassalage
  4. suzerain
  1. fee farm
  2. foy
  3. verge
  4. rent service
  1. socage
  2. allegiance
  3. censure
  4. fee-farm
  1. fidelity
  2. fief
  3. frank-marriage
  4. infidel
  1. liege
  2. loyalty
  3. service

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  • dailyword Pippin swore this to Denethor when he became a knight of Gondor. Jun 9, 2012

  • brtom Man disobeying,
    Disloyal breaks his fealtie, and sinns
    Against the high Supremacie of Heav'n ...
    Milton, Paradise Lost III Dec 18, 2006

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