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Confederacy

Confederacy Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Confederacy? [n] a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act [n] a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose [n] a union of political organizations [n] the 11 southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 Synonyms \| Synonyms for Confederacy: Confederate States of America \| confederation \| conspiracy \| conspiracy \| Dixie \| Dixieland \| federation \| South Related Terms \| Find terms related to Confederacy: addition \| affiliation \| agglomeration \| aggregation \| agreement \| alignment \| alliance \| amalgamation \| Anschluss \| artifice \| assemblage \| assimilation \| association \| axis \| band \| blend \| blending \| bloc \| body \| Bund \| cabal \| cahoots \| cartel \| centralization \| coadunation \| coalescence \| coalition \| colleagueship \| college \| collegialism \| collegiality \| collusion \| combination \| combine \| combo \| common market \| complicity \| complot \| composition \| comradeship \| confederation \| confraternity \| congeries \| conglomeration \| conjugation \| conjunction \| connivance \| consolidation \| conspiracy \| consumer cooperative \| contrivance \| contriving \| cooperative \| cooperative society \| copartnership \| copartnery \| corps \| council \| counterplot \| covin \| credit union \| customs union \| deep-laid plot \| economic community \| ecumenism \| embodiment \| encompassment \| engineering \| enosis \| federalization \| federation \| fellowship \| finagling \| finesse \| frame-up \| fraternalism \| fraternity \| fraternization \| free trade area \| freemasonry \| fusion \| game \| gang \| group \| grouping \| hookup \| inclusion \| incorporation \| integration \| intrigue \| junction \| junta \| league \| little game \| machination \| machine \| maneuvering \| manipulation \| marriage \| meld \| melding \| merger \| mob \| package \| package deal \| partnership \| plot \| plotting \| political machine \| rigging \| ring \| Rochdale cooperative \| scheme \| schemery \| scheming \| society \| sodality \| solidification \| sorority \| stratagem \| syncretism \| syndication \| syneresis \| synthesis \| tie-in \| tie-up \| trick \| underplot \| unification \| union \| web of intrigue \| wedding \| wire-pulling See Also \| agreement \| AL \| Alabama \| band \| Bluegrass State \| Camellia State \| circle \| coconspirator \| conspiracy of silence \| conspirator \| Creek Confederacy \| Empire State of the South \| Everglade State \| FL \| Florida \| GA \| geographic area \| geographic region \| geographical area \| geographical region \| Georgia \| Hanseatic League \| Heart of Dixie \| Kentucky \| KY \| LA \| Lone-Star State \| lot \| Louisiana \| machinator \| Magnolia State \| Mississippi \| MS \| nation \| NC \| North Carolina \| Old Dominion \| Old Dominion State \| Old North State \| Palmetto State \| Peach State \| Pelican State \| plotter \| SC \| set \| slave state \| South Carolina \| Sunshine State \| Tar Heel State \| Tennessee \| Texas \| TN \| TX \| understanding \| union \| VA \| Virginia \| Volunteer State Confederacy In Webster's Dictionary \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. \Confed"eracy\, n. (Amer. Hist.) With the, the Confederate States of America.

Confederacy Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Confederacy?

[n] a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act
[n] a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose
[n] a union of political organizations
[n] the 11 southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861

Confederacy In Webster's Dictionary

\Con*fed"er*a*cy\, 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.


\Con*fed"er*a*cy\, n. (Amer. Hist.)
With the, the Confederate States of America.

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