Alliance

1. (n.) 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.

2. (n.) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.

3. (n.) The persons or parties allied.

4. (v. t.) To connect by alliance; to ally.

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