confederacy
noun
[ kənˈfɛd(ə)rəsi ]
• a league or alliance, especially of confederate states.
• "the Italian confederacy known as the Lombard League"
Similar:
federation,
confederation,
alliance,
league,
association,
coalition,
combine,
consortium,
conglomerate,
cooperative,
partnership,
syndicate,
compact,
band,
group,
circle,
ring,
bloc,
axis,
society,
union,
guild,
fellowship,
consociation,
sodality,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French confederacie, based on Latin confoederare ‘join together in league’ (see confederation).
