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What (who) is fealty - definition
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OF ONE PERSON TO ANOTHER
Oath of fealty; Oath of Fealty; Oaths of fealty; Lehnseid
fealty
n.
1.
Allegiance, homage, loyalty (to a feudal lord).
2.
Fidelity, loyalty, faithfulness, honor, good faith, devotion.
Fealty
·noun Fidelity; constancy; faithfulness, as of a friend to a friend, or of a wife to her husband.
II. Fealty ·noun 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.
fealty
['fi:?lti]
¦ noun historical a feudal tenant's or vassal's sworn loyalty to a lord.
Origin
ME: from OFr. feau(l)te, fealte, from L. fidelitas (see fidelity).
Wikipedia
Fealty
An oath of fealty, from the Latin fidelitas (faithfulness), is a pledge of allegiance of one person to another.
Examples of use of fealty
1. The released murderer Samir Kuntar swore fealty to Mughniyeh yesterday.
2. But such expressions of fealty will be heard only on the margins of big–time politics.
3. At the root of the controversy over the subsequent firings is whether political fealty trumped performance.
4. This is the wing that likes its candidates to bow down and pledge fealty.
5. Zarqawi said he would swear "fealty" to bin Laden if he sent help.