leal
adjective
loyal; true.
lealty
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a word derived from
leal.
Example Sentences
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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
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
Ill will do I owe this king of yours and all who hold lealty to him.
From In the Court of King Arthur by Samuel E. (Samuel Edward) Lowe
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
