LOYALTY  , See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance to the See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign or established See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of one's See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, also See also:

• PERSONAL

personal devotion and reverence to the sovereign and royal See also:

• FAMILY

family . The See also:

• ENGLISH

English word came into use in the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• PART

part of the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century in the sense of fidelity to one's See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath, or in service, love, &c.; the later and now the See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary sense appears in the 16th century . The O . Fr. loialte, mod. loyaute, is formed from loial, loyal, Scots leal, See also:

• LAT

Lat. legalis, legal, from lex, See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law . This was used in the See also:

• SPECIAL

special feudal sense of one who has full legal rights, a legalis homo being opposed to the exlex, utlegates, or outlaw . Thence in the sense of faithful, it meant one who kept faithful allegiance to his feudal See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord, and so loyal in the accepted use of the word .