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lealty
lealty
English
Noun
lealty (plural lealties)
- (archaic, Scotland) loyalty, fealty
- 1885, — Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Vol. 5
- ...and kissed King Hasan's hands and did homage to him, and swore lealty to him.
- 1886, — Francis de Sales, The mission of the Church, part 12, transl. by Rev. Henry Benedict Mackey
- ...to lead away Christian lealty into rebellion and revolt
- 1885, — Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Vol. 5
Anagrams
Scots
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman lealté, one of the variants of Old French loiauté.
Noun
lealty (plural lealties)