About The Word Allegiance
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Allegiance
Allegiance Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Allegiance?
[n] the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action; "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team"
[n] the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign) Synonyms | Synonyms for Allegiance: commitment | dedication | fealty | loyalty Related Terms | Find terms related to Allegiance: acquiescence | adherence | adhesion | assigned task | attachment | bona fides | bond | bonne foi | bounden duty | burden | business | call of duty | charge | commitment | compliance | conformity | consecration | constancy | dedication | deference | devoir | devotedness | devotion | duteousness | duties and responsibilities | dutifulness | duty | ethics | faith | faithfulness | fealty | fidelity | firmness | good faith | homage | honor | imperative | line of duty | loyalty | mission | must | obedience | obediency | obligation | observance | onus | ought | piety | place | respect | self-imposed duty | service | servility | servitium | staunchness | steadfastness | submission | submissiveness | suit and service | suit service | tie | troth | true blue | trueness | willingness See Also | communalism | consecration | cooperation | devotion | faith | loyalty Allegiance In Webster's Dictionary \Al*le"giance\, n. [OE. alegeaunce; pref. a- + OF.
lige, liege. The meaning was influenced by L. ligare to bind,
and even by lex, legis, law. See {Liege}, {Ligeance}.]
1. The tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a
subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of
fidelity to one's king, government, or state.
2. Devotion; loyalty; as, allegiance to science.
Syn: Loyalty; fealty.
Usage: {Allegiance}, {Loyalty}. These words agree in
expressing the general idea of fidelity and attachment
to the ``powers that be.'' Allegiance is an obligation
to a ruling power. Loyalty is a feeling or sentiment
towards such power. Allegiance may exist under any
form of government, and, in a republic, we generally
speak of allegiance to the government, to the state,
etc. In well conducted monarchies, loyalty is a
warm-hearted feeling of fidelity and obedience to the
sovereign. It is personal in its nature; and hence we
speak of the loyalty of a wife to her husband, not of
her allegiance. In cases where we personify, loyalty
is more commonly the word used; as, loyalty to the
constitution; loyalty to the cause of virtue; loyalty
to truth and religion, etc.
Hear me, recreant, on thine allegiance hear me!
--Shak.
So spake the Seraph Abdiel, faithful found, . .
. Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty
he kept, his love, his zeal. --Milton.
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