Obs. exc. arch. [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. 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.
