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Allegiance   /əlˈidʒəns/   Listen
Allegiance

noun
1.
The act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action.  Synonyms: commitment, dedication, loyalty.  "They felt no loyalty to a losing team"
2.
The loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign).  Synonym: fealty.






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... coinage; and on this, too, they agreed. Notable was the denunciation by the chancellor of those who differed from him; he seemed to feel that, as captain of the political forces of the empire, he was entitled to the allegiance of all honest members of parliament, and on all questions. The discussion ran through various interesting phases, when, noticing that the members of the Prussian ministry were gathering in the next room, I rose to go; whereupon the prince, who seemed greatly ...
— Volume I • Andrew Dickson White

... of the Oriental religions would doubtless save us, says, "There is one against which we are almost unwilling to say a word. I mean the exaggeration of those who, in a deep devotion to the truth as it is in Christ Jesus, count themselves bound, by their allegiance to Him, to take up a hostile attitude to everything not distinctly and avowedly Christian, as though any other position were a treachery to his cause, and a surrender of his exclusive right to the authorship of all the good which is in the world. In this temper we may dwell only ...
— Oriental Religions and Christianity • Frank F. Ellinwood

... sentiment that prides itself on being such. The "Northern" man may be "Eastern" or "Western." He may be "Knickerbocker," "Pennamite," "Buckeye," or "Hoosier;" but above all things, and first of all things in his allegiance and his citizenship, he is an American. The "Southern" man is proud of the Nation chiefly because it contains his section and State; the "Northern" man is proud of his section and State chiefly because it is a part ...
— Bricks Without Straw • Albion W. Tourgee

... in September, if they did not return to their allegiance, and cease murdering our soldiers, I would strike at this ...
— Lincoln's Yarns and Stories • Alexander K. McClure

... go, I suppose!" answered Plunger despondently. "We've given ourselves away, you see. We're one of them—one of the wretched Beetles. We've taken the vow of allegiance. They've got us in ...
— The Hero of Garside School • J. Harwood Panting


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