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Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-lahy-uhns
Phonetic Transcription : əˈlaɪ əns



Definition of alliances

Origin :
  • c.1300, "bond of marriage" (between ruling houses or noble families), from Old French aliance (12c., Modern French alliance) "alliance, bond; marriage, union," from aliier (Modern French allier) "combine, unite" (see ally (v.)). As a bond or treaty between rulers, late 14c.
  • noun friendly association, agreement
Example sentences :
  • You are wrong in placing this among the alliances in which the heart has no part.
  • Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
  • We don't want these alliances we fancied ourselves once in need of.
  • Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
  • It is, however, in such meetings, that alliances and reconciliations are formed.
  • Extract from : « Ebrietatis Encomium » by Boniface Oinophilus
  • Of alliances he was careless, and friendships he had almost none.
  • Extract from : « John Quincy Adams » by John. T. Morse
  • No alliances, however strict, between the parts can be an adequate substitute.
  • Extract from : « America First » by Various
  • Why, in the name of all the saints, do not alliances fall through for less?
  • Extract from : « Gycia » by Lewis Morris
  • Let alliances of marriage with the English be stamped as unpatriotic.
  • Extract from : « Lord Milner's Work in South Africa » by W. Basil Worsfold
  • Much depended on the alliances that the rival powers might be able to contract.
  • Extract from : « The Political History of England - Vol XI » by George Brodrick
  • Is it for them to breathe garlic on the alliances of Bourbons and Plantagenets?
  • Extract from : « The Last Of The Barons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Verily, these alliances are new things in the history of English royalty.
  • Extract from : « The Last Of The Barons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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