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Definition of: confederacy
(kən·fed′ər·ə·sē) noun plural ·cies
1. A number of states or persons in league with each other; league; confederation: the Confederacy of the Southern States.
2. Law An unlawful combination; conspiracy. See synonyms under ALLIANCE, ASSOCIATION, CABAL.
—Southern Confederacy The Confederate States of America: also the Confederacy. [<AF confederacie <L confoederatio <confoederare. See CONFEDERATE.]
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