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lealty

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

loyalty, fealty

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland, archaic, countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 1886, Francis de Sales, The mission of the Church, part 12, translated by Rev. Henry Benedict Mackey [...] to lead away Christian lealty into rebellion and revolt

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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