Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
allegiance .
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Examples
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They had been sent to what was supposed to have been safety and had discovered a place of conspiracy, instead; they had come to take census in a Barony where most of the aristocracy had apparently switched its al - legiance to the Affiliation's bitterest enemy; they had made personal ene-mies of three hard men who had probably killed enough folks to populate a fair-sized graveyard.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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"Let's take the oath of 'legiance again," shouted Cad, when the Game was over for the morning.
The Lost Prince 1914
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"Let's take the oath of 'legiance again," shouted Cad, when the Game was over for the morning.
The Lost Prince Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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Subside, vile discord, and again return to your true 'legiance.
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausen Rudolf Erich Raspe 1765
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And what greater effort could have been made to throw off all al - legiance and subjection to the God of heaven?
Sermons on various important subjects of doctrine and practice 1812
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On that memorable day, the representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, made a solemn declaration, in which they as - signed their reasons for withdrawing their al - legiance from the King of Great Britain.
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