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allegeance

allegeance noun: alleviation, relief. Also the obsolete spelling of allegiance.

Noun

allegeance (plural allegeances)

  1. (obsolete) Alleviation, relief.
    • What bootes it him from death to be vnbound, / To be captiued in endlesse duraunce / Of sorrow and despaire without aleggeaunce?1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Also used as

allegeance is also the obsolete spelling of allegiance.

Forms of allegeance

pluralallegeances
alternative formallegeaunce

Origin of allegeance

From Middle English allegeaunce, alleggeaunce, from Old French alegeance.

See allegiance.

Questions about allegeance

What does allegeance mean?
Allegeance means alleviation, relief.
What part of speech is allegeance?
Allegeance is a noun.
What is the plural of allegeance?
The plural of allegeance is allegeances.

Words near allegeance in the dictionary

  1. allegations
  2. allegator
  3. allegators
  4. allege
  5. allegeable
  6. allegeance
  7. allegeances
  8. allegeaunce
  9. allegeaunces
  10. alleged
  11. allegededly

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