confederacy
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7.4
- noun
- /kənˈfɛdərəsi/
- The states formed a confederacy to work together on trade and defense.
- Iroquois Confederacy
- confederacy council
- Haudenosaunee Confederacy
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Watch on YouTubeNow our first performer is Leah Shenandoah, who is Oneida Wolf, clan member of the Iroquois Confederacy.
- Now our first performer is Leah Shenandoah, who is Oneida Wolf, clan member of the Iroquois Confederacy.
- They're just the latest confederacy in an area that saw nomadic confederacies going back to the beginning of recorded history.
Examples
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In the eighteenth century, the Tuscarora also joined the confederacy, giving rise to the Six Nations designation.
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The question of how to refer to the Six Nations Confederacy in Norton's time is complicated.
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We were part of the confederacy just the same.
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Your ma said the Confederacy needs it.
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The president of the Confederacy was easily the leading choice.
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The queen wanted to help the Confederacy?
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Lo, she is one of this confederacy.
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Ladies, the Confederacy asks for your jewelry on behalf of our noble Cause.
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And one of the Confederacy's largest supply lines was through Texas.
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Taxing was not very consistent from the federal level with the way the Confederacy was itself born.
Synonyms
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3.7
A group of countries joined to form one political unit
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A group of people or organizations that join to work for a common goal
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A group of independent countries or organizations that join for a common purpose
Antonyms
Compounds
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A group of Native American tribes led by the Muskogee people in the southeastern United States before moving to Oklahoma
How United
Surface Forms
Morphology
confederacy = confederate (semi-transparent) = confederate + acy
Given 'confederate' meaning allied, 'confederacy' can be inferred as the state or union of being confederate, though '-acy' is not highly transparent for many learners.
Etymology
Confederacy comes from the Latin parts con- 'with' and foedus 'treaty', the same root you see in federal or federation. So a confederacy is a union of states or groups who join by agreement to work together.