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Webster 1913 Edition

Confederacy

Con-fed′er-a-cy

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Confederacies
(#)
.
[From
Confederate
, a.]
1.
A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or common action; alliance.
The friendships of the world are oft
Confederacies
in vice or leagues of pleasure.
Addison.
He hath heard of our
confederacy
.
Shakespeare
Virginia promoted a
confederacy
.
Bancroft.
2.
The persons, bodies, states, or nations united by a league; a confederation.
The Grecian common wealth, . . . the most heroic
confederacy
that ever existed.
Harris.
Virgil has a whole
confederacy
against him.
Dryden.
Syn. – League; compact; alliance; association; union; combination; confederation.

Webster 1828 Edition

Confederacy

CONFEDERACY

,
Noun.
[L., a league. See Federal and Wed.]
1.
A league, or covenant; a contract between two or more persons, bodies of men or states, combined in support of each other, in some act or enterprise; mutual engagement; federal compact.
The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice. A confederacy of princes to check innovation.
2.
The persons, states or nations united by a league.
Virgil has a whole confederacy against him.
3.
In law, a combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act.

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