Hypertext Webster Gateway: "confederacy"
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) 1.7 (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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