noun
- loyalty and faithfulness, especially that owed by a feudal tenant to a lord
- faithful devotion to a person, cause, or belief
Usage: historical; formal
Usage: formal
Examples
- The knight swore fealty to his king.
- Medieval vassals owed fealty to their feudal lords.
- She pledged her fealty to the cause of justice.
- The ceremony included an oath of fealty.
- His fealty to the company never wavered.
- The nobles questioned his fealty to the crown.