Definition of Aliance
Al*li"ance (&?;), n. [OE. aliaunce,
OF. aliance, F. alliance, fr. OF. alier, F.
allier. See Ally, and cf. LL. alligantia.]
1. The state of being allied; the act of allying or
uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states,
parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by
compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an
alliance between church and state; an alliance between France
and England.
2. Any union resembling that of families or states;
union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
The alliance of the principles of the world with
those of the gospel.
C. J. Smith.
The alliance . . . between logic and metaphysics.
Mansel.
3. The persons or parties allied.
Udall.
Syn. -- Connection; affinity; union; confederacy; confederation;
league; coalition.
Al*li"ance, v. t. To connect by
alliance; to ally. [Obs.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
ALLIANCE, n. In international politics, the union of two thieves who
have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they
cannot separately plunder a third.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England.
- Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
The alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel. --C. J. Smith.
The alliance . . . between logic and metaphysics. --Mansel.
- The persons or parties allied. --Udall.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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