"fealty" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfiː.əlti/, /ˈfiːlti/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fealty.wav Forms: fealties [plural]
Rhymes: -iəlti Etymology: From Middle English feaute, feute, from Anglo-Norman fëauté, fëuté, from Latin fidēlitās (“faithfulness”; “homage, fealty” in Medieval Latin), from fidēlis (“faithful”) + -tās (noun suffix); the modern form (for expected *feauty /ˈfjuːti/) is due to learned influence. Equivalent to obsolete feal + -ty. Doublet of fidelity. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰeydʰ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|feaute}} Middle English feaute, {{der|en|xno|fëauté}} Anglo-Norman fëauté, {{der|en|la|fidēlitās}} Latin fidēlitās, {{der|en|ML.|-}} Medieval Latin, {{af|la|fidēlis|-tās|nocat=1|pos2=noun suffix|t1=faithful}} fidēlis (“faithful”) + -tās (noun suffix), {{suf|en|feal#Etymology 4|-ty}} feal + -ty, {{doublet|en|fidelity}} Doublet of fidelity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fealty (countable and uncountable, plural fealties)
  1. Fidelity to one's lord or master; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Feudalism Synonyms: fidelity, allegiance, faithfulness Translations (fidelity to one's lord): васална вярност (vasalna vjarnost) (Bulgarian), 忠順 (Chinese Mandarin), 忠顺 (zhōngshùn) (Chinese Mandarin), věrnost (panovníkovi) [feminine] (Czech), troskab [common-gender] (Danish), trouw [masculine] (Dutch), vazallen eed [masculine] (Dutch), vasallin uskollisuus (Finnish), fidélité [feminine] (French), loyauté [feminine] (French), Treue [feminine] (German), Lehnstreue [feminine] (German), hűség (Hungarian), hűbéresség (Hungarian), troskap [masculine] (Norwegian), wierność [feminine] (Polish), fieldade [feminine] (Portuguese), fidelidade (Portuguese), lealdade (Portuguese), ве́рность (vérnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), vazalska odanost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vazalska vjernost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vazalska vernost [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), trohet [common-gender] (Swedish), huldhet [common-gender] (Swedish), tro [common-gender] (Swedish), länsplikt [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fealty-en-noun-22HQXNG~ Disambiguation of Feudalism: 91 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English terms suffixed with -ty, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 83 17 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 62 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ty: 71 29 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 74 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of "fidelity to one's lord": 98 2
  2. The oath by which this obligation was assumed. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the oath by which this obligation was assumed): васална клетва (vasalna kletva) (Bulgarian), lensed [common-gender] (Danish), eed van trouw (Dutch), serment [masculine] (French), Lehnseid [masculine] (German), hűbéreskü (Hungarian), fieldade [feminine] (Portuguese), juramento (Portuguese), feudalna zakletva odanosti [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), trohetsed [common-gender] (Swedish), tro och loven [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fealty-en-noun-Es6CAmq~ Disambiguation of 'the oath by which this obligation was assumed': 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fielty Related terms: fidelity

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2020 November 18, Richard Fausset, Jonathan Martin, “In Georgia, a Republican Feud With Trump at the Center”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "And yet the war has come, full of double-crossing, internecine accusations of lying and incompetence, and a bitter cleavage into factions over the question of how much fealty should be shown to President Trump — and the extent to which Republicans should amplify his false argument that the election in this fast-changing Southern state was stolen from him.",
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          "ref": "1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 111:",
          "text": "I doubt whether the most devoted fidelity would bear strict examination as to the short reposes even the most entire fealty permits itself.",
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          "ref": "2020 November 18, Richard Fausset, Jonathan Martin, “In Georgia, a Republican Feud With Trump at the Center”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "And yet the war has come, full of double-crossing, internecine accusations of lying and incompetence, and a bitter cleavage into factions over the question of how much fealty should be shown to President Trump — and the extent to which Republicans should amplify his false argument that the election in this fast-changing Southern state was stolen from him.",
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          "text": "In one recent video, he said the problem posed by a Russian military led by people who demand nothing but blind fealty would need to be dealt with — “or one day the Russian people will solve it themselves.”",
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      "roman": "vasalna vjarnost",
      "sense": "fidelity to one's lord",
      "word": "васална вярност"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "fidelity to one's lord",
      "word": "忠順"
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      "word": "troskab"
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      "word": "vasallin uskollisuus"
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      "sense": "fidelity to one's lord",
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      "word": "fidélité"
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      "sense": "fidelity to one's lord",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "loyauté"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "fidelity to one's lord",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Treue"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Lehnstreue"
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      "sense": "fidelity to one's lord",
      "word": "hűség"
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      "sense": "fidelity to one's lord",
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      "sense": "fidelity to one's lord",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "wierność"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "fidelity to one's lord",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fieldade"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fidelity to one's lord",
      "word": "fidelidade"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "fidelity to one's lord",
      "word": "lealdade"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vérnostʹ",
      "sense": "fidelity to one's lord",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ве́рность"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "fidelity to one's lord",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "vazalska odanost"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "fidelity to one's lord",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "fidelity to one's lord",
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      "word": "vazalska vernost"
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      "sense": "fidelity to one's lord",
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      "word": "trohet"
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      "sense": "fidelity to one's lord",
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      "word": "huldhet"
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      "sense": "fidelity to one's lord",
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      "word": "tro"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "fidelity to one's lord",
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      "word": "länsplikt"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vasalna kletva",
      "sense": "the oath by which this obligation was assumed",
      "word": "васална клетва"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the oath by which this obligation was assumed",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lensed"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "the oath by which this obligation was assumed",
      "word": "eed van trouw"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "serment"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "the oath by which this obligation was assumed",
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      "word": "Lehnseid"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the oath by which this obligation was assumed",
      "word": "hűbéreskü"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "the oath by which this obligation was assumed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "fieldade"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "the oath by which this obligation was assumed",
      "word": "juramento"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the oath by which this obligation was assumed",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "feudalna zakletva odanosti"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the oath by which this obligation was assumed",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
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      "word": "trohetsed"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the oath by which this obligation was assumed",
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      "word": "tro och loven"
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}

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