▪ I. lealty1 Obs. exc. arch.
(ˈliːəltɪ)
[f. leal a. + -ty. Cf. lewty, loyalty.]
Faithfulness, loyalty.
| [a 1310 in Wright Lyric P. xvi. 53 Heo is solsecle of suetnesse, ant ledy of lealte.] 1860 Reade Cloister & H. (1861) I. 270 They who travel should learn to read faces; methinks you might see lealty in mine sith I have seen it in yourn. 1867 Lady G. C. Fullerton A stormy Life III. ii. 28 As to lealty and gratitude, she showeth herself as ignorant of these sentiments as if they did not exist. |
▪ II. † lealty2 Obs. rare.
[f. le lay a.1 + -al1 + -ty (after spiritualty, etc.).]
Laity.
| 1548 Gest Pr. Masse E iij b, So doo all Christianes & the faythfull lealtye performe y⊇ same. |