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- Dictionaryconfederacy/kənˈfɛd(ə)rəsi/
noun
- 1. a league or alliance, especially of confederate states: "the Italian confederacy known as the Lombard League"
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The meaning of CONFEDERACY is a group of people, countries, organizations, etc. joined together for a common purpose or by a common interest : league, alliance; also : a group of people working together for unlawful purposes : conspiracy. How to use confederacy in a sentence.
CONFEDERACY definition: 1. a situation in which states or people join together for a particular purpose, usually related to…. Learn more.
A confederacy is a political union. The most famous American confederacy consisted of the southern states who fought the northern states in the American Civil War. When you confederate — that is, join together for a common purpose — what you get is a confederacy.
Confederacy definition: an alliance between persons, parties, states, etc., for some purpose.. See examples of CONFEDERACY used in a sentence.
A confederacy is a union of states or people who are trying to achieve the same thing. ...a confederacy of regional states. Synonyms: union , league , alliance , coalition More Synonyms of confederacy
CONFEDERACY meaning: 1 : a group of people, countries, organizations, etc., that are joined together in some activity or effort; 2 : the group of 11 southern states that separated themselves from the U.S. during the American Civil War
Definition of confederacy noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
confederacy - definition, audio pronunciation and more for confederacy: an organization of smaller groups who have joined together for business or political purposes: See more in Learner's Dictionary - Cambridge Dictionary.
Confederacy definition: A group of people who have united for unlawful practices; a conspiracy.
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.
