confederacy
noun
an alliance between persons, parties, states, etc., for some purpose.
confederacies
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pluralof confederacy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Among township societies such as the Iroquois, groups of towns joined to form political confederacies.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
In the founding fathers' day, the possible confederacies most spoken of were the four Eastern states, the four "middle" states and the five Southern states.
From Salon ● May 10, 2020
They also coalesced in larger confederacies when necessary; Europeans would know them as Creeks or Choctaws.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Without Napoleon Europe could have remained some rough confederacies of fiefdoms, each forever squabbling, no unified Germany or Italy, Russia too big to succeed fractures into more manageable regions, etc.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2017
But it is the nature of such unhallowed confederacies to surrender, sooner or later, their dark, dread secrets.
From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) Adams
