Definition of federacy in English:
federacy
nounPlural federacies ˈfɛd(ə)rəsiˈfed(ə)rəsē
1A group of states with a central government but independence in internal affairs; a federation.
Example sentencesExamples
- Often the federacy (or its residents) have little input into the larger whole.
- A republican federacy could be formed out of the provinces of the defunct monarchy.
- They spoke of forming a great North American empire, or kind of Colonial Federacy.
- A federacy might be an imaginative solution to this problem.
- There were several large districts possessed by the Federacy as appendages.
Synonyms
confederation, confederacy, league
- 1.1mass noun The state of being joined by a treaty.
Example sentencesExamples
- The maintenance of peace and order and justice between states bound in federacy.
- He acknowledged the need for improved budgeting and fiscal federacy as prerequisites for good governance.
- Territorially based ethnic minorities may want greater autonomy and self-rule; asymmetric federacy can accommodate such demands without the state falling apart.
- Being multilingual, it tests many of the problems of world federacy.
- Federacy is a constitutionalized extension of the principle of home rule that provides adequate guarantees to the weaker entity.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from federate + -acy, on the pattern of confederacy.