alliance
/əˈlaɪ.əns/ noun B2- 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. · matrimonial alliances
- Marriage.
- Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
- The persons or parties allied.
- Synonym of cohort (“group of orders of organisms”).
Plural alliances
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She often tried to provoke Darcy into disliking her guest, by talking of their supposed marriage, and planning his happiness in such an alliance.
Your alliance will be a disgrace; your name will never even be mentioned by any of us.”
A WILD ASS and a Lion entered into an alliance so that they might capture the beasts of the forest with greater ease.
A LION roaming by the seashore saw a Dolphin lift up its head out of the waves, and suggested that they contract an alliance, saying that of all the animals they ought to be the best friends, since the one was the king of beasts on the earth, and the other was the sovereign ruler of all the inhabitants of the ocean.
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