fealtyn.[OE. feaute, OF. feaut, fealt, feelt, 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.)2. Fidelity; constancy; faithfulness, as of a friend to a friend, or of a wife to her husband.()He should maintain fealty to God. (I. Taylor.)Makes wicked lightnings of her eyes, and saps
The fealty of our friends. (tennyson.)Swore fealty to the new government. (Macaulay.)(Wharton.)()
