f 4 e 1 a 1 l 1 t 1 y 4
6 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)
originInherited 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.
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