confederal

American  

[kuhn-fed-er-uhl, -fed-ruhl] / kənˈfɛd ər əl, -ˈfɛd rəl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or involving two or more nations.

   confederal agreements.

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Other Word Forms

• confederalist noun

Etymology

Origin of confederal

1775–85; confeder(ation) + -al ¹, on model of federation and federal

Example Sentences

"We cannot stop. The lives of workers must be respected and protected, to achieve the only tolerable number -- zero," said UIL confederal secretary Ivana Veronese.

From Barron's

Addressing the Sfax protest, Esther Lynch, confederal secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation, said she had come to convey a message of support from 45 million European trade unionists and called for the immediate release of detained union officials.

From Reuters

Its creation also paved the way for the formation of the confederal University of Wales in 1893 after similar establishments opened in Cardiff in 1883 and Bangor in 1884.

From BBC

"In realistic terms, if Scotland was to have a referendum and it went 'no', I think what we then have is a greater focus on a federalism or confederal argument."

From BBC

In 1999, Belarus and Russia signed a treaty that committed them to merging into a confederal state at some future point.

From New York Times