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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Confederacy \Con*fed"er*a*cy\, n. (Amer. Hist.)
With the the Confederate States of America.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Confederacy \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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Confederacy
n 1: the 11 southern states that seceded from the United States
in 1861 [syn: {Confederacy}, {Confederate States of
America}, {South}, {Dixie}, {Dixieland}]
2: a union of political organizations [syn: {confederation}, {federation}]
3: a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some
harmful or illegal purpose [syn: {conspiracy}]
4: a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an
unlawful act [syn: {conspiracy}]
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