Definition
• | 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; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between France and England. |
• | Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity. |
• | The persons or parties allied. |
• | To connect by alliance; to ally. |