Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - allegiance
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Allegiance
allegiance
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noun Etymology: Middle English aligeaunce, from Anglo-French allegeance, alteration of ligeance, from lige liege Date: 14th century 1. a. the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord b. (1) the fidelity owed by a subject or citizen to a sovereign or government (2) the obligation of an alien to the government under which the alien resides 2. devotion or loyalty to a person, group, or cause Synonyms: see fidelity • allegiant adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 loyalty (to a person or cause etc.). 2 the duty of a subject to his or her sovereign or government. Etymology: ME f. AF f. OF ligeance (as LIEGE): perh. assoc. with ALLIANCE ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun 1) верность, преданность; лояльность 2) hist. вассальная зависимость Syn: fealty, fidelity, loyalty Ant: disaffection, disloyalty, rebellion, sedition, treachery, treason ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ n loyalty to a leader, country, belief etc (allegiance to the king) proclaim/pledge ~ (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.) switch ~ (=start to support a different person, group etc) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1399, from Anglo-Fr. legaunce "loyalty of a liege-man to his lord," from O.Fr. legeance, from L. ligare "to bind," corrupted in spelling by confusion with the now-obsolete legal term allegeance "alleviation." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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