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noun, plural -cies.
1.
an alliance between persons, parties, states, etc., for some purpose.
2.
a group of persons, parties, states, etc., united by such a confederacy.
3.
a combination of persons for unlawful purposes; conspiracy.
4.
the Confederacy. Confederate States of America.
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Confederacy
has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
| (used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.) |
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
Example Sentences
- There wasn't any referendum to allow the croats or slovens to say weather or not they wanted in the confederacy.
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World English Dictionary
| Confederacy (kənˈfɛdərəsɪ, -ˈfɛdrəsɪ) | |
| —n | |
| the Confederacy another name for Confederate States of America | |
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Word Origin & History
confederacy
late 14c., from Anglo-Fr. confederacie, from stem of L. confoederatio, from confoederare (see confederate). Earliest in ref. to leages of classical Gk. states (Aetolian, Achaean, etc.), later of the Netherlands. The word was used of the United States of America under
EXPAND(and in) the Articles of Confederation (1777-1788). In ref. to the breakaway Confederate States of America (1861-1865) from 1861.
COLLAPSE
"Confederacy now usually implies a looser or more temporary association than confederation, which is applied to a union of states organized on an intentionally permanent basis." [OED]
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