Definition of alliance
- n. - 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.
- n. - Any union resembling that of families or states; union by
relationship in qualities; affinity.
- n. - The persons or parties allied.
- v. t. - To connect by alliance; to ally.
- n. - 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.
- n. - Any union resembling that of families or states; union by
relationship in qualities; affinity.
- n. - The persons or parties allied.
- v. t. - To connect by alliance; to ally.