Definition of the Pledge of Allegiance
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:a formal promise of loyalty to the United States that groups of people say together
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pledge
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: a bailment of a chattel as security for a debt or other obligation without involving transfer of title
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: the chattel so delivered
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: the contract incidental to such a bailment
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: to make a pledge of
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: to drink to the health of
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: to bind by a pledge
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allegiance
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: the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord
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: the fidelity owed by a subject or citizen to a sovereign or government
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: the obligation of an alien to the government under which the alien resides
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