Associations to the word «Fealty»

Wiktionary

FEALTY, noun. 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.
FEALTY, noun. The oath by which this obligation was assumed.

Dictionary definition

FEALTY, noun. The loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats