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lealty

lealty noun: loyalty, fealty.

Noun

lealty (countable and uncountable, plural lealties)

  1. (Scotland, archaic) loyalty, fealty
    • […] and kissed King Hasan's hands and did homage to him, and swore lealty to him.1885, Richard F[rancis] Burton, transl. and editor, A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments, now Entituled The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night […], Shammar...
    • […] to lead away Christian lealty into rebellion and revolt1886, Francis de Sales, The mission of the Church, part 12, translated by Rev. Henry Benedict Mackey

Forms of lealty

plurallealties

Origin of lealty

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

Questions about lealty

What does lealty mean?
Lealty means loyalty, fealty.
What part of speech is lealty?
Lealty is a noun.
What is the plural of lealty?
The plural of lealty is lealties.

Words near lealty in the dictionary

  1. lealest
  2. Lealholm
  3. leally
  4. lealness
  5. lealties
  6. lealty
  7. leam
  8. leaman
  9. leamans
  10. leamed
  11. Leamer

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