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confederation
Word definitions for confederation in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A union or alliance of states or political organizations. 2 The act of forming an alliance.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE loose ▪ Rather than a unified central administration, there is a loose confederation of ministries. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ As the confederation moved toward constitutional government, issues of internal security ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Confederation \Con*fed`er*a"tion\, n. [L. confoederatio: cf. F. conf['e]d['e]ration.] The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states. The three princes enter into some strict ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the state of being allied or confederated [syn: alliance ] a union of political organizations [syn: confederacy , federation ] the act of forming an alliance or confederation [syn: alliance ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A confederation (also known as a confederacy or league ) is a union of sovereign states, united for purposes of common action often in relation to other states. Usually created by treaty , confederations of states tend to be established for dealing with ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., "act of confederating," from Middle French confédération , from Old French confederacion (14c.), from Late Latin confoederationem (nominative confoederatio ), noun of action from confoederare (see confederate ). Meaning "states or persons united ...
Usage examples of confederation.
Only narrow gaps had been cleared through the interlaced abattis, and the Confederation infantry took heavy losses while threading slowly through the gaps.
To Adams, as he explained to Abigail, there were two especially knotty problems: If a confederation should take place, one great question is how shall we vote?
You allowed the Confederation Marines the chance to take cover from the rifles of the Badawi Siad.
On the lower Tigris near Al Amarah, a new tribal confederation, the Bani Lam, took root.
Siad did sing songs to honor the deeds of the Confederation Marine they called Siraj Bhats, and his bold men.
Its management worshipped the super-capitalist ethic, expanding aggressively, milking governments for development contracts, pressuring the assembly for ever more convenient tax breaks, spreading subsidiaries across the Confederation, shafting the opposition at every opportunity.
He tried to reduce complicated national issues to memorable slogans - the Vision, the National Development Policy, Unhyphenated Canadianism, the Confederation Platform, the Five-Year Plan, the Bill of Rights, proCanadianism - then represented himself as having a personal monopoly over the undeniably good things for which they stood.
The Articles of Confederation were established and ratified by the several States, either through conventions of their people or through the State Legislatures.
Constitution by direct act of the people in their conventions, instead of by act of their Legislatures, as in the adoption of the Articles of Confederation.
Bowles Cabot, the newly appointed Confederation Ambassador to Diamunde, who stood next to Degs Momyer, who would be Minister of Finance in the new government the Confederation was assembling to replace the directorial boards of the conglomerates.
He expressed his satisfaction through the medium of a letter I received from Duroc, who at the same time recommended me to continue informing the Emperor of all that was doing in Germany with relation to the plans of the Confederation of the North.
Metropolitan Eleison looked thunder and lightening at the two Confederation representatives.
Since those provinces were one country, or at least a close confederation, during the Etruscan period, the Medici encourage study of the Etruscans.
Existed Previous to Confederation of the Provinces--Proposals of Annexation to the United States--Lessons Learned by the Fenian Raid.
Yarim Paar was a grand building, housing the largest trade association in the province, a confederation of tile artisans, ceramicists, and glassblowers, as well as smiths of all sorts.