allegiance
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dʒəns noun
1.
the loyalty of a citizen to his or her government or of a subject to his or her sovereign.
2.
loyalty or devotion to some person, group, cause, or the like.
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Word Origin & History
allegiance
c.1400, from Anglo-Fr. legaunce "loyalty of a liege-man to his lord," from O.Fr. legeance, from liege (see liege); erroneously associated with L. ligare "to bind;" corrupted in spelling by confusion with the now-obsolete legal term allegeance "alleviation." General figurative
sense of "recognition of claims to respect or duty" is attested from 1732.
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Example sentences
They can signify tribal allegiance, personal history, or nothing at all.
In the past few decades, however, that allegiance has largely faded.
Allegiance and reflect for a moment of silent meditation.
In light of the authors' professed allegiance to fresh, seasonal produce, occasional use of canned foods may seem contradictory.
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