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allegiance.

Loyalty or commitment to a cause, group, nation or of a subordinate to a superior.

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Meaning & usage

noun/əˈliː.d͡ʒəns/
  1. Loyalty or commitment to a cause, group, nation or of a subordinate to a superior.

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Where this word comes from

From Middle English alegiaunce, from Anglo-Norman alegaunce (“loyalty of a liege-servant to one's lord”), variant of Old French ligeance, from lige (“vassal, liegeman”). More at liege.

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