Lealty

noun

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Definitions

Noun

1
loyalty, fealty Scotland, archaic, countable, uncountable
"[…] and kissed King Hasan's hands and did homage to him, and swore lealty to him."

Synonyms

commitment trueness trueness abandon acquiescence adherence

Example

"[…] and kissed King Hasan's hands and did homage to him, and swore lealty to him."

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman lealté, one of the variants of Old French loiauté.

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