"confederacy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kənˈfɛdəɹəsi/ Forms: confederacies [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English confederacie, from Anglo-Norman confederacie, from Latin cōnfoederātiō. Doublet of confederation. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|confederacie}} Middle English confederacie, {{der|en|xno|confederacie}} Anglo-Norman confederacie, {{der|en|la|cōnfoederātiō}} Latin cōnfoederātiō, {{doublet|en|confederation}} Doublet of confederation Head templates: {{en-noun}} confederacy (plural confederacies)
  1. An alliance. Translations (an alliance): confederació [feminine] (Catalan), konføderation [common-gender] (Danish), confédération [feminine] (French), Konföderation (German), confederazione [feminine] (Italian), confederação [feminine] (Portuguese), confederație [feminine] (Romanian), confederación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-confederacy-en-noun-SC98X0De Disambiguation of 'an alliance': 94 3 3
  2. (politics) A state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre. As opposed to a federation, where the central and regional governments are each equal and sovereign in their own sphere. Categories (topical): Politics, Collectives
    Sense id: en-confederacy-en-noun-7iqG8XYh Disambiguation of Collectives: 25 56 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 53 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 57 37 Topics: government, politics
  3. Specifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America.
    Sense id: en-confederacy-en-noun-AHYuB~Kc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: confœderacy [archaic]

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