Confederacy
- Confederacy
- Confederacy Con*fed"er*a*cy, n.; pl. {Confederacies}. [From
{Confederate}, a.]
1. A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of
men, or states, for mutual support or common action;
alliance.
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The friendships of the world are oft
Confederacies in vice or leagues of pleasure.
--Addison.
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He hath heard of our confederacy. --Shak.
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Virginia promoted a confederacy. --Bancroft.
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2. The persons, bodies, states, or nations united by a
league; a confederation.
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The Grecian common wealth, . . . the most heroic
confederacy that ever existed. --Harris.
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Virgil has a whole confederacy against him.
--Dryden.
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3. (Law) A combination of two or more persons to commit an
unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. See
{Conspiracy}.
Syn: League; compact; alliance; association; union;
combination; confederation.
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Confederacy — may refer to: A Confederation, an association of sovereign states or communities. Examples include: Confederate States of America, eleven southern states of the United States of America between 1861 and 1865. Confederacy may also reference the… … Wikipedia
confederacy — I (compact) noun affiliation, alignment, alliance, association, body, cartel, coalition, combination, combine, concurrence, confederation, confraternity, consolidation, coterie, federation, fellowship, foedus, fusion, guild, league, pactum, set,… … Law dictionary
confederacy — late 14c., from Anglo Fr. confederacie (O.Fr. confederacie), from stem of L. confoederatio, from confoederare (see CONFEDERATE (Cf. confederate)). Earliest in reference to leagues of classical Greek states (Aetolian, Achaean, etc.), later of the… … Etymology dictionary
confederacy — ► NOUN (pl. confederacies) 1) a league or alliance, especially of confederate states. 2) (the Confederacy) the Confederate states of the US … English terms dictionary
confederacy — [kən fed′ər ə sē] n. pl. confederacies [ME & OFr confederacie < LL confoederatus: see CONFEDERATE] 1. people, groups, nations, or states united for some common purpose 2. a league or alliance formed by such a union; federation or confederation … English World dictionary
Confederacy — Con*fed er*a*cy, n. (Amer. Hist.) With the, the Confederate States of America. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Confederacy — Confederacy, the also the Confederate States in the American Civil War, the southern states of the US, which fought the northern states (the Union) and lost … Dictionary of contemporary English
confederacy — confederacy, confederation federation, coalition, fusion, *alliance, league … New Dictionary of Synonyms
confederacy — [n] coalition alliance, anschluss, bond, compact, confederation, conspiracy, covenant, federation, government, league, organization, union; concepts 299,301 … New thesaurus
confederacy — /keuhn fed euhr euh see, fed reuh see/, n., pl. confederacies. 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… … Universalium
