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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky