fealty
nounEtymology
Inherited from Middle English feaute, feute, from Anglo-Norman fëauté, fëuté, from Latin fidēlitās (“faithfulness”; “homage, fealty” in Medieval Latin), from fidēlis (“faithful”) + -tās (noun suffix); the modern form (for expected *feauty /ˈfjuːti/) is due to learned influence. Equivalent to obsolete feal + -ty. Doublet of fidelity.
Definitions
Fidelity to one's lord or master
Fidelity to one's lord or master; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord.
- I doubt whether the most devoted fidelity would bear strict examination as to the short reposes even the most entire fealty permits itself.
- In one recent video, he said the problem posed by a Russian military led by people who demand nothing but blind fealty would need to be dealt with — “or one day the Russian people will solve it themselves.”
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at fealty. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at fealty. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at fealty
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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