MEANING
Loyalty or commitment to a ruler, state, person, group, or cause.
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Words that belong together
- swear allegiance
- divided allegiance
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She swore allegiance to the crown.
His divided allegiance complicated the choice.
The council questioned where their allegiance lay.
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- allegiance
Usage notes
Primary category: fantasy. Forms: Usually mass; allegiances for separate loyalties. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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