Confederation

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The act of forming into or becoming part of a confederacy.
  • noun. The state of being confederated.
  • noun. A group of confederates, especially of states or nations, united for a common purpose; a league.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The union of the British North American colonies of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada, brought about July 1, 1867, under the name Dominion of Canada.
  • noun. Federal union of all the Canadian provinces and territories.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of confederating, or the state of being confederated; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance.
  • noun. An aggregate or body of confederates, or of confederated states; the persons or states united by a league.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states.
  • noun. The parties that are confederated, considered as a unit; a confederacy.
  • noun. See under Article.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A union or alliance of states or political organizations.
  • noun. The act of forming an alliance.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a union of political organizations
  • noun. the state of being allied or confederated
  • noun. the act of forming an alliance or confederation