Today's Word "fealty"
Fidelity or faithfulness
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fealty \FEE-uhl-tee\ (noun) - 1 : Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord. 2 : The oath by which this obligation was assumed. 3 : Fidelity; allegiance; faithfulness.
"Then came in the Red Knight, with three score knights with him, and did to Sir Gareth homage and fealty, and all those knights to hold of him for evermore." -- Thomas Malory, 'Le Morte Darthur'
Fealty comes from Old French fealté, from Latin fidelitas, "fidelity," from fidelis, "faithful," from fides, "faith," from fidere, "to trust."
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