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Confederacy, the(dictionary)
confederacy(dictionary)
Confederacy (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
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Maravi confederacy(encyclopedia)
CONFEDERACY, crim(law)
CONFEDERACY, intern(law)

confederacy (iou)



confederacy noun. LME.
[Anglo-Norman, Old French confederacie, from stem of confederer, confederacion: see CONFEDERATION, -ACY.]
A union between persons, groups, States, etc., for mutual support or joint action; a league, an alliance. LME.
W. Robertson A general confederacy against the Ottoman power.
b. A league etc. for an unlawful purpose; a conspiracy. LME.
The condition or fact of being confederate; union for joint action; conspiracy. LME.
V. Sackville-West They looked at each other with a glance of confederacy.
A collective body of people, groups, etc., united by league; esp. a union of States, a confederation. L17.
W. Irving The literary world is made up of little confederacies.