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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There was talk that states might further align themselves into various geographical confederacies and suffer the obvious inefficiencies and jealousies inherent in such arrangements.
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
The Chinese empire believed itself to be the sole legitimate political entity, while to its north and west tribal confederacies fought each other with glee.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 9, 2016
About the middle of the third century, numerous small German tribes became united into large confederacies.
From A Short History of Germany by Mary Platt Parmele
