In former times, if someone swore fealty to their ruler, they promised to be loyal to him or her. = allegiance. loyalty to a king, queen etc (fealté, from fidelitas; FIDELITY)
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
Serment de vassalité Oath by which a vassal swore loyalty to his lord, usually on a Relic of Saints or on The Bible
\FEE-uhl-tee\, noun: 1 Fidelity to one's lord; the feudal obligation by which the tenant or vassal was bound to be faithful to his lord 2 The oath by which this obligation was assumed 3 Fidelity; allegiance; faithfulness
Fidelity; constancy; faithfulness, as of a friend to a friend, or of a wife to her husband