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Meanings of allegiance in English

Portuguese
dedicação
Catalan
entrega
Spanish
compromiso

The act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action.

dedicação
Portuguese
lealdade
Catalan
jurament de fidelitat

The loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)

lealdade
Russian
лояльность
Catalan
jurament de lleialtat

Duty of fidelity, typically to a country.

лояльность
Usage of allegiance in English
1
All citizens owed an allegiance to their state or sovereign, he said.
Radio NZ
2
He would offer his allegiance, his help, however meager it might be.
The Postman
3
I find power in this allegiance; it helps me locate myself politically.
The Guardian
4
The long allegiance to Matthew, for instance: the safe boy from home.
Career of Evil
5
China and India, however, have stressed most allegiance to the 1992 U.N.
Reuters
6
Rugby:Scarlets number eight Ben Morgan has declared his international allegiance to England.
The Irish Times
7
Tribal allegiance was developed in the first case, independence in the second.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
8
He had sent a private message to Priam about his new allegiance.
Helen of troy
9
In November 2014, Ashwamy's Sinai-based militant group pledged allegiance to Islamic State.
Reuters
10
She continues: Members of the circle were tested as to their allegiance.
The Meaning of Witchcraft
11
The FBI said the comments included a pledge of allegiance to IS.
Radio NZ
12
It is this new allegiance to Spain that has brought these cruelties.
The lady elizabeth
13
Last year, the Solomon Islands and Kiribati switched their allegiance to Beijing.
Reuters
14
Or do you have a particular allegiance to a certain city's establishment?
The Irish Times
15
This principle is highlighted in the pledge of allegiance when it says:
The 5000 year leap: a miracle that changed the world
16
Yet they had failed in declaration of allegiance to the United States.
Port O' Gold / A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts
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Translations for allegiance
Spanish
compromiso
Allegiance through the time
Allegiance across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
New Zealand
Common
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