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Definition of allegiance in English: allegiancenoun əˈliːdʒ(ə)nsəˈlidʒəns mass nounLoyalty or commitment to a superior or to a group or cause. 忠诚，拥护 those wishing to receive citizenship must swear allegiance to the republic 想要获得公民资格者必须宣誓忠于共和国。 count noun a complex pattern of cross-party allegiances 一种跨党效忠的复杂模式。 Example sentencesExamples - Political allegiance is a matter of conscience, and if people cannot be held to that, where is morality?
- This year I've decided to switch my mathematical allegiance to square numbers.
- You have seen duty and allegiance in the determined faces of our soldiers.
- I thought all people must pledge their allegiance, or be categorised accordingly.
- She refused to take her seat, for she would have had to swear allegiance to the King.
- The obvious way to approach this question is to ask why people choose one religious allegiance over another.
- Players should be free to represent the country they feel allegiance to, no matter where they were born.
- Three years later, leftwing allegiance in an American writer was professional suicide.
- Its aims were internally generated, and it won fierce allegiance from the Palestinian people.
- His unswerving allegiance to the socialist ideal guaranteed an eventful political life.
- Whatever your political allegiance, there's almost certain to be a piece of merchandise to suit it.
- In addition, students started their day by pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes flag.
- How can you justify allegiance to a different city if you do not live there, or are not from there?
- Loyalty to him became the test of patriotism and social allegiance in general.
- Pledge your allegiance to your own gender and learn to celebrate the woman in you.
- There was no doubt about his allegiance: he was draped in an Irish tricolour and was wearing a green wig!
- He would be compromised by his party allegiance, not to mention his string of directorships.
- There are many gangs who have adopted political allegiance to one party or another.
- Constantly it seems we are pressured to declare our allegiance to one side or the other.
- The Guardian has clearly decided to switch allegiance to the Conservatives.
Synonyms loyalty, faithfulness, fidelity, obedience, fealty, adherence, homage, devotion, bond trueness, true-heartedness trustiness, trustworthiness steadfastness, fastness, staunchness, dependability, reliability, duty, constancy, dedication, commitment patriotism archaic troth
OriginLate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, variant of Old French ligeance, from lige, liege (see liege), perhaps by association with Anglo-Latin alligantia 'alliance'. Definition of allegiance in US English: allegiancenounəˈlidʒənsəˈlējəns Loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to a superior or of an individual to a group or cause. 忠诚，拥护 those wishing to receive citizenship must swear allegiance to the republic 想要获得公民资格者必须宣誓忠于共和国。 a complex pattern of cross-party allegiances 一种跨党效忠的复杂模式。 Example sentencesExamples - Pledge your allegiance to your own gender and learn to celebrate the woman in you.
- Whatever your political allegiance, there's almost certain to be a piece of merchandise to suit it.
- He would be compromised by his party allegiance, not to mention his string of directorships.
- I thought all people must pledge their allegiance, or be categorised accordingly.
- She refused to take her seat, for she would have had to swear allegiance to the King.
- There are many gangs who have adopted political allegiance to one party or another.
- You have seen duty and allegiance in the determined faces of our soldiers.
- There was no doubt about his allegiance: he was draped in an Irish tricolour and was wearing a green wig!
- Political allegiance is a matter of conscience, and if people cannot be held to that, where is morality?
- How can you justify allegiance to a different city if you do not live there, or are not from there?
- Three years later, leftwing allegiance in an American writer was professional suicide.
- This year I've decided to switch my mathematical allegiance to square numbers.
- The Guardian has clearly decided to switch allegiance to the Conservatives.
- Its aims were internally generated, and it won fierce allegiance from the Palestinian people.
- Loyalty to him became the test of patriotism and social allegiance in general.
- Players should be free to represent the country they feel allegiance to, no matter where they were born.
- His unswerving allegiance to the socialist ideal guaranteed an eventful political life.
- The obvious way to approach this question is to ask why people choose one religious allegiance over another.
- In addition, students started their day by pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes flag.
- Constantly it seems we are pressured to declare our allegiance to one side or the other.
Synonyms loyalty, faithfulness, fidelity, obedience, fealty, adherence, homage, devotion, bond
OriginLate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French, variant of Old French ligeance, from lige, liege (see liege), perhaps by association with Anglo-Latin alligantia ‘alliance’. |