/fee"euhl tee/ , n. , pl. fealties .
1. Hist.
a. fidelity to a lord.
b. the obligation or the engagement to be faithful to a lord, usually sworn to by a vassal.
2. fidelity; faithfulness.
[ 1275-1325; ME feute, feaute, fealtye feauté, fealté fidelitat- (s. of fidelitas ) FIDELITY; internal -au-, -al- from feal, reshaping (by substitution of -al- -AL 1 ) of fe ( d ) eil fidelis ]
Syn. 2. loyalty, devotion.