Synonym: devotion, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty. Similar words: illegible, illegitimate, alliance, defiance, variance, appliance, compliance, legislative branch. Meaning: [ə'liːdʒəns] 
n. 1. the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action 2. the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign).
n. 1. the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action 2. the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign). 
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91. New citizens are asked to swear allegiance during the citizenship ceremony.
92. Saving only the fealty which he owed to his father he swore allegiance to Philip against all men.
93. Critics of the charter had reportedly expressed fears that the opposition's allegiance to the monarchy would reduce pressure for further democratization.
94. Did they tease him about his obedience to his parents, his purity, his allegiance to the holy book?
95. Loyalty to the person of the monarch gave way to allegiance to the abstraction of the state.
96. Only 11 senators changed party allegiance while in office in this century.
97. Only those who pledged allegiance to the musicians' brilliance, mesmerized by daredevil improvisations, were welcome.
98. A number of communes were independent of any seigneur, and owed allegiance to the Crown alone.
99. The authors come from a wide variety of backgrounds and owe allegiance to a wide diversity of schools of thought.
100. A three percent swing equates to one million electors changing their political allegiance.
101. Yocum may have been helped by the fact that the chamber audience was more evenly divided in allegiance.
102. There are also indications from other sources that women's basic allegiance to the housewife role is not class-dependent.
103. Should new citizens of Canada pledge allegiance to the queen of Great Britain?
104. I also noticed how Corin and Alleyn, once we had reached Royston[sentencedict .com], switched their allegiance to him.
105. In the moments she had left, the room had changed its allegiance and there was nothing safe here any more.
106. When my friends or classmates pledged allegiance to the flag, I remained seated and silent.
107. I know that yet again there will be a furore about players switching their allegiance as and when they see fit.
108. And West Ham was not the only predominantly working-class area that gave rise to a political authority seemingly remote from popular allegiance.
109. The place of theft of the car is often a pointer to the political allegiance of the bombers.
110. Opposition leaders have proclaimed their allegiance to the new government.
111. Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free.
112. He swore allegiance to the throne.
113. Steadfast in allegiance to one's homeland, government, or sovereign.
114. His allegiance has never been questioned.
115. Any prisoner who will take the oath of allegiance and enlist for Indian service for two years will be released and sent West. Mr. Wilkes refused.
116. In 1964, reports the National Council of Churches, denominational allegiance rose about 2%, compared with a population gain of less than 1.5%.
117. Ceremonial acknowledgment by a vassal of allegiance to his lord under feudal law.
118. Taxpayer: my allegiance is Japan, if I have to pay tax on all sources of income in both China and Japan, Lunette Ray Ban, what should I do?
119. MPs kept up their outward allegiance to the parties they belonged to.
120. How are the American people divided in their allegiance to the two parties?
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