A number of states (or formerly of persons) united by a league; a body of states united for certain common purposes.
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| 释义 | society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > a union or confederacy of states (19) confederation1621 A number of states (or formerly of persons) united by a league; a body of states united for certain common purposes. confederacy1681 quasi-concrete. A collective body of persons or parties united by league; a body of confederates; now esp. a union of states, a confederation. incorporating union1706 incorporating union, a union which combines two or more states, etc. under one government, or converts separate bodies into one corporation… United States1784 gen. Any (hypothetical or actual) union of the states of a specified geographical area into a political federation. federacy1803 A body of federated states; = confederacy, n. 3. trialism1908 A union of three states or countries. union1909 Chiefly with the and capital initial. A political unit consisting of a number of states or provinces… More fully the Union of South Africa. A… Subcategories:— act or state of (3) — Europe considered as (1) — state forming part of a confederation (7) — confederacy of five cities (1) |
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