leal
adjective
loyal; true.
lealty
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a word derived from
leal.
Example Sentences
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Then the King did likewise and bade him take his seat on the throne of kingship; whereupon they all arose and kissed King Hasan's hands and did homage to him, and swore lealty to him.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 05 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Though I find no knightly fee Waiting on my lealty, High upon the gallows-tree Faithful to my fealty, What had I but love and youth, Hope and fame in season?
From Collected Poems Volume One by Alfred Noyes
Her mind was trying to persuade her heart that her devotion to Peter Cheever was a wasted lealty, but her heart would not be convinced, though it began to be afraid.
From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes
“You renounce them now, in the clear light of restored reason; and you swear future lealty to us and to Holy Church,” the aged Father continued.
From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking
Yonder man is more like the giants in romaunts than a man of mould like ourselves; and yet Christians might take an example from him for his lealty.
From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Sir Walter Scott
