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English Dictionary: confederacy	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for confederacy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Confederacy n the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 Synonym(s): Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland a union of political organizations Synonym(s): confederation, confederacy, federation a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose Synonym(s): conspiracy, confederacy a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act Synonym(s): conspiracy, confederacy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Confederacy \Confed"era*cy\, n. (Amer. Hist.) With the, the Confederate States of America.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Confederacy \Confed"eracy\, n.; pl. {Confederacies}. [From {Confederate}, a.] 1. A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or common action; alliance. The friendships of the world are oft Confederacies in vice or leagues of pleasure. --Addison. He hath heard of our confederacy. --Shak. Virginia promoted a confederacy. --Bancroft. 2. The persons, bodies, states, or nations united by a league; a confederation. The Grecian common wealth, . . . the most heroic confederacy* that ever existed. --Harris. Virgil has a whole confederacy against him. --Dryden. 3. (Law) A combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. See {Conspiracy}. Syn: League; compact; alliance; association; union; combination; confederation.