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His generous investment of Libyan oil revenues around the continent, of course, was a more venal inducement to African fealty.

No one of his stature can now gently counter Hizbullah's claim to represent all Lebanese Shias or question its fealty to Iran.

Nobles rule over the small folk within their territory through a system of fealty and sworn oaths that further divides their kingdoms.

Though the Empire exerted control over Bakura, much of its government structure stayed intact, though it swore fealty to Palpatine.

They soon reached agreement on the major points: confession, fealty, pardon, a certain sum of gold and silver to be paid.

He took an oath of fealty to the king.

Twenty-two years ago, state lawmakers swore fealty not to king or queen but to amusement parks and tourism.

The abject condition of those bondage saw him abjure all fealty to his society.

In many countries politicians' fealty to open markets is already more rhetorical than real.

"I will to my lord be true and faithful, and love all which he loves and shun all which he shuns . " - Anglo Saxon Oath of Fealty.

Teyrns arose from amongst the banns, war leaders who, in antiquity, had grown powerful enough to move other banns to swear fealty to them.

The following excerpt is taken from the last Annals of Ghereticus, a noble of some standing before he swore fealty to the Primarch.

It's a totalitarian philosophy which assumes that all employees of the state must swear fealty to the state.

When they act with predictability, restraint, and fealty to the rule of law, ordinary people gain faith in their government.

The Democrats have been worse: witness their fealty to the teachers' unions.

The rod held by a feudal tenant while swearing fealty to a lord .

Valentine's Day is a time to celebrate romance and love and kissy-face fealty.

The service, homage, and fealty required of a vassal.

Traditionally, its ethnic Monpa inhabitants offered fealty to Tibet's rulers.

There is negative correlation between the over intervene of father and the fealty and diligence of child.

In the time His fealty bought, a strange and wondrous thing: Like dominoes the world's big banks collapsed.

Both sides showed fealty to the historical ideal by writing under Roman pen names.

Though swearing fealty to Osama bin Laden, he had indeed started to become his rival.

He swore fealty to his motherland.

Voting has become more a matter of consumer choice than of ideological fealty.

Round many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty to Apollo hold.

Inside that circle a wholesome, tacit emotional feudalism develops: you give me protection, I'll give you fealty.

if you are fealty and virtuous , then i would like to meet you.

India still has strong traditions, such as family fealty, that may constrain nouveau-riche pressures on values.

Swear your fealty to the Wizard's Throne.

Abjure all fealty to his society

Swear Fealty to the King