Meanings
nounlealty (countable and uncountable, plural lealties)
plural lealties
- Scotlandarchaiccountableuncountableloyalty, fealty
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
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[…] 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 edition, volume V, [London]: […] Burton Club […], →OCLC
Origin
- Old Frenchloiauté
- Englishlealty
From Anglo-Norman lealté, one of the variants of Old French loiauté.
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APA
lealty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lealty
MLA
“lealty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lealty. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lealty,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lealty.
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