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noun 
  1. (uncountable) 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. (countable) 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.
  1. The persons or parties allied. --Udall.
  2. (countable) A treaty between nations for their mutual advantage
Translations: 
  • German: Allianz(de)
  • Spanish: alianza(es)
Etymology: From aliance (French: French, alliance).


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