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忠诚,忠贞,忠实

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fealty \Fe"al*ty\, n. [OE. faute, OF. faut['e], fealt['e],
   feel['e], feelteit, fr. L. fidelitas, fr. fidelis faithful.
   See {Feal}, and cf. Fidelity.]
   1. Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the
      tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord; the
      special oath by which this obligation was assumed;
      fidelity to a superior power, or to a government;
      loyality. It is no longer the practice to exact the
      performance of fealty, as a feudal obligation. --Wharton
      (Law Dict. ). Tomlins.

   2. Fidelity; constancy; faithfulness, as of a friend to a
      friend, or of a wife to her husband.

            He should maintain fealty to God.     --I. Taylor.

            Makes wicked lightnings of her eyes, and saps The
            fealty of our friends.                --tennyson.

            Swore fealty to the new government.   --Macaulay.

   Note: Fealty is distinguished from homage, which is an
         acknowledgment of tenure, while fealty implies an oath.
         See {Homage}. --Wharton.

   Syn: Homage; loyality; fidelity; constancy.

资料来源 : WordNet®

fealty
     n : the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects
         to their sovereign) [syn: {allegiance}]