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The definition of a confederacy is a union between people, states, nations or other groups for a common purpose.

(noun)

An example of a confederacy is a number of households within a neighborhood forming a neighborhood watch program.

Confederacy refers to the group of eleven southern states within the U.S. that seceded from the United States from 1861 to 1865.

(noun)

An example of confederacy is the Confederate States of America which included eleven states including Texas, Alabama and Georgia.

See confederacy in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. confederacies

people, groups, nations, or states united for some common purpose
a league or alliance formed by such a union; federation or confederation
people united for an unlawful purpose; conspiracy

Origin: ME & OFr confederacie < LL confoederatus: see confederate

See confederacy in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. con·fed·er·a·cies

a. A union of persons, parties, or states; a league.
b. The persons, parties, or states joined in such a union.
c. Confederacy The Confederate States of America.
A group of people who have united for unlawful practices; a conspiracy.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English confederacie

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman

Origin: , from Late Latin cōnfoederātiō, cōnfoederātiōn-, agreement

Origin: , from cōnfoederātus

Origin: , past participle of confoederāre, to unite; see Confederate

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