plural confederacies
Definition of confederacy
1
: a league or compact for mutual support or common action : alliance
2
: a combination of persons for unlawful purposes : conspiracy
3
: the body formed by persons, states, or nations united by a league
specifically, capitalized
: the 11 southern states seceding from the U.S. in 1860 and 1861
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The first known use of confederacy was in the 14th century
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