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fealty 音標拼音: [f'iəlti] [f'ilti] n. 忠誠,忠貞,忠實 忠誠,忠貞,忠實 fealty n 1: the loyalty that citizens owe to their country ( or subjects to their sovereign) [ synonym: { allegiance}, { fealty}] fealty \ fe" al* ty\ ( f[= e]" al* t[ y^]), n. [ OE. feaute, OF. feaut[' e], fealt[' e], feelt[' e], 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. [ 1913 Webster] He should maintain fealty to God. -- I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster] Makes wicked lightnings of her eyes, and saps The fealty of our friends. -- tennyson. [ 1913 Webster] Swore fealty to the new government. -- Macaulay. [ 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. [ 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, willingnessFEALTY. 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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