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fealty

/fee-uhl-tee/US // ˈfi əl ti //UK // (ˈfiːəltɪ) //

忠心,忠贞,忠诚,忠义

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural fe·al·ties.

    • : History/Historical. fidelity to a lord.the obligation or the engagement to be faithful to a lord, usually sworn to by a vassal.
    • : fidelity; faithfulness.

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Examples

  • My own fealty lies with the majestically learned Kaske, under whose tutelage I once studied Gregory the Great’s 4,000-page commentary on the Book of Job.

  • It was difficult to claim fealty to fiscal conservatism when the party had consistently been instrumental in creating massive deficits.

  • By the 1980s, however, the tide had begun to turn against the Fairness Doctrine as fealty to market fundamentalism and conservative ideology were ascendant.

  • Garland merely has to display independence and fealty to equal justice under the law and it will be an improvement.

  • The mayor’s boldest land use proposal, offered on the way out the door, still pays fealty to the city’s century-long commitment to single-family housing above all.

  • “It is our Islamic obligation to pledge allegiance to the Islamic State and give it our Islamic fealty,” he said.

  • They called the Republican bosses and their supporters Stalwarts because of their fealty to tradition.

  • Republican fealty to the interests of the investor class has been long-standing.

  • They're not about amassing medals, so much as engendering goodwill; less cut-throat competition, more track and fealty.

  • That Obama and the Democrats pledge fealty to their donors and their voters should surprise no one.

  • The history of that terrible hour is brightened by many such instances of native fealty.

  • And Richard raised each up, kissed him on the mouth, and promised love and protection so long as he observed fealty.

  • Hakon swore fealty to the King, and likewise to afford him such service as he was bounden to give him.

  • Hence the oath of fealty was a personal obligation, and investiture was needful before the new feudee took possession.

  • Harwood realized that he must either decline outright or declare his fealty in a word.