federacyn.
/ˈfɛd(ə)rəsi/, U.S. /ˈfɛd(ə)rəsi/ 1. The state or condition of being joined by a treaty; alliance, confederacy. Also: an instance of this. Cf. confederacy n. 1, 2.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > alliance or confederacy
friendshipOE
alliance?a1400
alliage1450
allyc1450
confedereya1513
society1533
federacy1598
political union1676
confederateship1715
systasis1790
consortion1803
allyship1849
society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > alliance or confederacy > an alliance
confederacya1387
fellowshipa1400
band1452
league1452
societyc1540
federacy1598
confederation1621
1598 F. Meres tr. Luis de Granada Sinners Guyde xxiii. 250 For this is the law of the league and federacie [Sp. concierto], which God made with man; that man should keepe his commaundements.
1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 32 If Religion and..forreigne federacies be slight.
1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Federasy, confederacy.
1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid viii, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 240 Dardania's chosen chiefs Have come entreating fed'racy of arms [L. socia arma rogantis].
1923 R. Graves Whipperginny 1 Where pasteboard federacies of Powers In battles-royal clash.
2002 E. R. Statham Colonial Constitutionalism vi. 109 Federacy is a significant mode of political association which permits small communities to maintain their cultural identity.
2. A body of federated states; = confederacy n. 3.
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > a union or confederacy of states
confederation1621
confederacy1681
incorporating union1706
United States1784
federacy1803
trialism1908
union1909
1803 H. Brougham in Edinb. Rev. Jan. 354 To render Europe a united whole within itself..—a great federacy.
1862 Ld. Brougham Brit. Constit. (ed. 3) iv. 58 The central government in a Federacy is of necessity feeble.
1948 C. S. Fox tr. W. Röpke Civitas Humana Introd. 23 Let us consider the relations within a contemporary federacy as for instance Switzerland or the U.S.A.
2009 B. O'Leary How to get out of Iraq with Integrity iii. vii. 163 An asymmetrical federation in which it is treated as a special federacy or as one large region amid other larger regions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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