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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary con·fed·er·a·cy (plural -cies) DATE 14th century 1. a league or compact for mutual support or common action : alliance 2. a combination of persons for unlawful purposes : conspiracy 3. the body formed by persons, states, or nations united by a league; specifically capitalized : the 11 southern states seceding from the United States in 1860 and 1861 English Etymology 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] Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 confederacy con·fed·er·acy / kEn5fedErEsi / noun1. [C] a union of states, groups of people or political parties with the same aim 联盟；同盟；联邦 2. the Confederacy [sing.] = Confederate States Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: creek confederacy con·fed·er·a·cy \kənˈfed(ə)rəsē, -si, rap. -dərs-\ noun (-es) Etymology: Middle English confederacie, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin confoederation-, confoederatio agreement, compact — more at confederation 1. : a league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states for mutual support or common action : alliance 2. : a combination of persons to do an unlawful act or to do a lawful act by unlawful means — see conspiracy 3. : the body formed by persons, bodies, states, or nations united by a league; especially : a union of states < the United States was originally a confederacy > < the Southern Confederacy > — now usually used to imply a looser union than federation |
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