confederacy
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ər noun, plural con·fed·er·a·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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| —n , pl -cies | |
| 1. | a union or combination of peoples, states, etc; alliance; league |
| 2. | a combination of groups or individuals for unlawful purposes |
| [C14: from Anglo-French confederacie, from Late Latin confoederātiō agreement, | |
| con'federal | |
| —adj | |
| 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
(and in) the Articles of Confederation (1777-1788). In ref. to the breakaway Confederate States of America (1861-1865) from 1861.
"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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The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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Example sentences from the web
The abenakis were one of the five members of the wabanaki confederacy.
Sumner was a leading proponent of abolishing slavery to weaken the confederacy.
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