fealty 音标拼音: [f'iəlti] [f'ilti]
n . 忠诚,忠贞,忠实
忠诚,忠贞,忠实
fealty n 1 :
the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (
or subjects to their sovereign ) [
synonym : {
allegiance }, {
fealty }]
fealty \
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n . [
OE .
feaute ,
OF .
feaut ['
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fealt ['
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feelt ['
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feelteit ,
fr .
L .
fidelitas ,
fr .
fidelis faithful .
See {
Feal },
and cf .
Fidelity .]
1 .
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 . --
Wharton (
Law Dict .). --
Tomlins .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Fidelity ;
constancy ;
faithfulness ,
as of a friend to a friend ,
or of a wife to her husband .
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1913 Webster ]
He should maintain fealty to God . --
I .
Taylor .
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1913 Webster ]
Makes wicked lightnings of her eyes ,
and saps The fealty of our friends . --
tennyson .
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Swore fealty to the new government . --
Macaulay .
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
Fealty is distinguished from {
homage },
which is an acknowledgment of tenure ,
while fealty implies an oath .
See {
Homage }. --
Wharton .
Syn :
Homage ;
loyality ;
fidelity ;
constancy .
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1913 Webster ]
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "
fealty ":
acquiescence ,
adherence ,
adhesion ,
allegiance ,
ardor ,
assigned task ,
attachment ,
bona fides ,
bond ,
bonne foi ,
bounden duty ,
burden ,
business ,
call of duty ,
charge ,
commitment ,
compliance ,
conformity ,
constancy ,
dedication ,
deference ,
dependability ,
devoir ,
devotedness ,
devotion ,
duteousness ,
duties and responsibilities ,
dutifulness ,
duty ,
ethics ,
faith ,
faithfulness ,
fidelity ,
firmness ,
good faith ,
homage ,
imperative ,
line of duty ,
loyalty ,
mission ,
must ,
obedience ,
obediency ,
obligation ,
observance ,
onus ,
ought ,
piety ,
place ,
reliability ,
respect ,
self -
imposed duty ,
service ,
servility ,
servitium ,
staunchness ,
steadfastness ,
submission ,
submissiveness ,
suit and service ,
suit service ,
support ,
tie ,
troth ,
true blue ,
trueness ,
trustworthiness ,
truth ,
willingness FEALTY .
Fidelity ,
allegiance .
2 .
Under the feudal system ,
every owner of lands held them of some superior lord ,
from whom or from whose ancestors ,
the tenant had received them .
By this connexion the lord became bound to protect the tenant in the enjoyment of the land granted to him ;
and ,
on the other hand ,
the tenant was bound to be faithful to his lord ,,
and defend him against all his enemies .
This obligation was called fidelitas ,
or fealty .
1 Bl .
Com .
366 ;
2 Bl .
Com .
86 ;
Co .
Litt .
67 ,
b ;
2 Bouv .
Inst .
n .
1566 .
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