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Definitions: Allegiance |
AllegianceNoun1. The act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action; "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team". 2. The loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "allegiance" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Etymology: Allegiance \Al*le"giance\, noun. [from Old English expression alegeaunce; prefix a- Old French lige, liege. The meaning was influenced by Latin ligare to bind, and even by lex, legis, law. See Liege, Ligeance.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Satire | ALLEGIANCE, n. This thing Allegiance, as I suppose, Is a ring fitted in the subject's nose, Whereby that organ is kept rightly pointed To smell the sweetness of the Lord's anointed. G.J. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Origin: Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Latin ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the French allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from "liege," of which the derivation is given under that heading; the connexion with Latin ligare, to bind, is erroneous.
Allegiance is the duty which a subject or a citizen owes to the state or to the sovereign of the state to which he belongs. It is often used by English legal commentators in a larger sense, divided by them into natural and local, the latter applying to the deference which even a foreigner must pay to the institutions of the country in which he happens to live; but it is in its proper sense, in which it indicates national character and the subjection due to that character, that the word is important. In that sense it represents the feudal liege homage, which could be due only to one lord, while simple homage might be due to every lord under whom the person in question held land. The English doctrine, which was at one time adopted in the United States, asserted that allegiance was indelible: "Nemo potest exuere patriam". Accordingly, as the law stood before 1870, every person who by birth or naturalization satisfied the conditions set forth, though he should be removed in infancy to another country where his family resided, owed an allegiance to the British crown which he could never resign or lose, except by act of parliament or by the recognition of the independence or the cession of the portion of British territory in which he resided. By the Naturalization Act 1870, it was made possible for British subjects to renounce their nationality and allegiance, and the ways in which that nationality is lost are defined. So British subjects voluntarily naturalized in a foreign state are deemed aliens from the time of such naturalization, unless, in the case of persons naturalized before the passing of the act, they have declared their desire to remain British subjects within two years from the passing of the act. Persons who from having been born within British territory are British subjects, but who at birth became under the law of any foreign state subjects of such state, and also persons who though born abroad are British subjects by reason of parentage, may by declarations of alienage get rid of British nationality. Emigration to an uncivilized country leaves British nationality unaffected: indeed the right claimed by all states to follow with their authority their subjects so emigrating is one of the usual and recognized means of colonial expansion.
The doctrine that no man can cast off his native allegiance without the consent of his sovereign was early abandoned in the United States, and in 1868 congress declared that "the right of expatriation is a natural and inherent right of all people, indispensable to the enjoyment of the rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness," and one of "the fundamental principles of the republic" (United States Revised Statutes, sec. 1999). Every citizen of a foreign state in America owes a double allegiance, one to it and one to the United States. He may be guilty of treason against one or both. If the demands of these two sovereigns upon his duty of allegiance come into conflict, those of the United States have the paramount authority in American law.
The oath of allegiance is an oath of fidelity to the sovereign taken by all persons holding important public office and as a condition of naturalization. By ancient common law it might be required of all persons above the age of twelve, and it was repeatedly used as a test for the disaffected. In England it was first imposed by statute in the reign of Elizabeth (1558) and its form has more than once been altered since. Up to the time of the revolution the promise was, "to be true and faithful to the king and his heirs, and truth and faith to bear of life and limb and terrene honour, and not to know or hear of any ill or damage intended him without defending him therefrom." This was thought to favour the doctrine of absolute non-resistance, and accordingly the convention parliament enacted the form that has been in use since that time--"I do sincerely promise and swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty . . ."
See also Salmond on "Citizenship and Allegiance," in the Law Quarterly Review (July 1901, January 1902).
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Allegiance."
Synonyms: AllegianceSynonyms: commitment (n), dedication (n), fealty (n), loyalty (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Duty | Allegiance, fealty, tie engagement; (promise); part; function, calling; (business). |
Obedience | Allegiance, loyalty, fealty, homage, deference, devotion; constancy, fidelity. |
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Crosswords: Allegiance |
| English words defined with "allegiance": abandonment, alien, Alien enemy, American Party, arise ♦ British Commonwealth ♦ commonwealth, Commonwealth of Nations ♦ defection, de-Nazification, desertion, Disalliege, disloyal ♦ faith, faithful, foreigner, Foy ♦ liege, Ligeance, loyal, loyalist, loyalty ♦ national, noncitizen, Nonjuring, Nonjuror ♦ Oath of abjuration, outlander ♦ profess ♦ Ragman's roll, rebel, rise, rise up ♦ stalwart, subject, swing voter ♦ To fall away, To fall from. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "allegiance": Allegiance ♦ Bird in thy Bosom ♦ Country of - ♦ Devil ♦ FINGERPRINT CLERK I ♦ Justice ♦ Mistress of the World ♦ Nonjurors ♦ Revolting, Romance ♦ satyr, Share and enjoy! ♦ Vathek ♦ Zebul. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "allegiance": Disalliege. (references) |
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Screenplays | We come to honor that allegiance. (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers; writing credit: Frances Walsh) I pledge allegiance to Hedley Lamarr, and to the evil for which he stands. (Blazing Saddles ; writing credit: Andrew Bergman, Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, Alan Uger) Do pledge allegiance (Blazing Saddles; writing credit: Andrew Bergman; Mel Brooks) Think of your children pledging allegiance to the maple leaf. (Canadian Bacon; writing credit: Michael Moore) Is that what's left for me? Is that my share? She gets the winter passion, and I get the dotage? What am I supposed to do? Am I supposed to sit at home knitting and purling while you slink back like some penitent drunk? I'm your wife, damn it! And, if you can't work up a winter passion for me, the least I require is respect and allegiance! I hurt! (Network; writing credit: Paddy Chayefsky) | |
Lyrics | I pledge allegiance to the underworld (Minority; performing artist: Green Day) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Torn Allegiance (1984) | |
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 | Feiffer. I pledge allegiance to the flag / Jules Feiffer.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Japanese-American volunteers. First pair of brothers among the AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteers inducted into the U.S. Army in the territory were Chitsugi, twenty-three, and Minoru Manabe, twenty-eight, who took the oath of allegiance toget.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | War production drive. Anthracite rallies. "I pledge allegiance to my flag..." Corporal Bennick led the crowd in the oath of allegiance at the rally for anthracite miners in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Anthracite miners' rallies were held in four Pennsylva.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Johann Friedrich Von Schiller | Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance. |
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Magna Carta | 1215 | It shall be lawful in future for anyone (excepting always those imprisoned or outlawed in accordance with the law of the kingdom, and natives of any country at war with us, and merchants, who shall be treated as if above provided) to leave our kingdom and to return, safe and secure by land and water, except for a short period in time of war, on grounds of public policy- reserving always the allegiance due to us. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | Every one is born a subject to his father, or his prince, and is therefore under the perpetual tie of subjection and allegiance. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Declaration of Independence | 1776 | We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Germany undertakes to recognise any new nationality which has been or may be acquired by her nationals under the laws of the Allied and Associated Powers and in accordance with the decisions of the competent authorities of these Powers pursuant to naturalisation laws or under treaty stipulations, and to regard such persons as having, in consequence of the acquisition of such new nationality, in all respects severed their allegiance to their country of origin. (reference) |
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Health | Demand allegiance to a cult-like, charismatic leader. (references) | |
Business | The second type of distribution system in the U.K. involves using the independent outlets, which have no allegiance to any manufacturer, and often concentrate on pre-owned vehicles. (references) | |
Several companies, such as clinical costing solution developer, Transition (owned by Eclipsys Corporation), and Oacis Healthcare Systems, a provider of health care network and clinical care applications are represented by local integrators . Both these firms are represented by the local company Allegiance Systems. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | China | In November she recanted her allegiance to FLG on national television. (references) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Originally allied to the SDA party, the paper reportedly switched its allegiance to the SDP party and the Government. (references) | |
India | The alleged assailants were state information officers, government employees owing allegiance to the Marxist government. (references) | |
Discrimination | Romania | The Constitution forbids discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnic origin, language, religion, sex, opinion and political allegiance, wealth, or social background; however, in practice the Government does not enforce these provisions effectively, and women, Roma, and other minorities are subject to various forms of discrimination. (references) |
Economic History | Ecuador | Party discipline is traditionally weak, and routinely many deputies switch allegiance during each Congress. (references) |
Philippines | In 1901, Aguinaldo was captured and swore allegiance to the United States, and resistance gradually died out. (references) | |
Human Rights | Burkina Faso | No further action was taken in the June 2000 murder of Mamadou Kere by self-styled militiamen who claimed allegiance to the Naba Tigre, the traditional chief of the city of Tenkodogo. (references) |
Jamaica | Police theorized that the murder was a reprisal for the September 3 killing of a former JLP activist who had switched allegiance to the PNP. Killings in the area soon escalated to a total of 14, although it was not clear that all were politically motivated. (references) | |
Korea | However, on the occasion of a special presidential amnesty in March 1999, 17 long-term, unconverted prisoners (persons who had refused to renounce allegiance to the DPRK and Communist beliefs), were released without having to renounce their beliefs or sign an oath of obedience. (references) | |
Minorities | Latvia | The law also requires applicants for citizenship to renounce previous non-Latvian citizenship, to have knowledge of the Constitution and Latvian history, and to pledge allegiance to the country. (references) |
Political Economy | United Arab Emirates | Traditional rule in the emirates generally has been patriarchal, with political allegiance defined in terms of loyalty to the tribal leaders. (references) |
Australia | A referendum on the issue held in November 1999 failed, more through the electorate's dissatisfaction with the proposed constitutional model (which would have seen the President appointed by Parliament) than through allegiance to the Queen. (references) | |
Political Rights | Turkmenistan | In 1999 the Government changed the national oath to require that citizens swear personal allegiance to President Niyazov in particular, rather than just to the presidency as a general institution. (references) |
China | A number of small "democratic" parties that date from before the Communist takeover in 1949 play a minor consultative role and must pledge their allegiance to the CCP. The CCP retains a tight rein on political decision-making and forbids the creation of new political parties. (references) | |
Worker Rights | China | Tibetan monks have claimed that they were forced to sign statements pledging allegiance to the boy the Government selected as the reincarnation of the Panchen Lama. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SATYR, n. One of the few characters of the Grecian mythology accorded recognition in the Hebrew. (Leviticus, xvii, 7.) The satyr was at first a member of the dissolute community acknowledging a loose allegiance with Dionysius, but underwent many transformations and improvements. Not infrequently he is confounded with the faun, a later and decenter creation of the Romans, who was less like a man and more like a goat. |
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Calvin Coolidge | 1923-1929 | The higher state to which she seeks the allegiance of all mankind is not of human, but of divine origin. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | For if Freedom and Communism were to compete for man's allegiance in a world at peace, I would look to the future with ever increasing confidence. |
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| "Allegiance" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Allegiance" is used about 668 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 668 | 9,846 |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Allegiance Telecom Incorporated |
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Expressions using "allegiance": change one's allegiance ♦ declaration of allegiance ♦ oath of allegiance ♦ pledge allegiance. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "allegiance": euro-allegiance. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "allegiance"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | besnikëri (adherence, devotion, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | قسم يمين الولاء, ولاء (faith, fidelity, loyalty, obeisance), إخلاص (adherence, candor, candour, constancy, dedication, devotion, fidelity, genuineness, honesty, loyalty, sincerity, steadiness, trueness, trustfulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | феодална зависимост, вярност към феодала, вярност (adherence, adhesion, constancy, devotion, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, justness, loyalty, troth), преданост (devotion, fidelity, good faith, loyalty, self-devotion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 诚 (loyal, loyalty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vìrnost (adherence, constancy, devotion, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, troth, truth, truthfulness), poslušnost (obedience, submission), loajalita (loyalty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | eed van trouw (homage, loyalty oath, oath of allegiance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | وفاداری (Camaraderie, Constancy, Loyalty, Troth), تابعیت (Nationality, Sequence), تبعیت (Adherence), بیعت (Homage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | alamaisuus (subjection, subserviency), uskollisuus (faitfulness, fidelity, loyalty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | allégeance. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | treue (adherence, constancy, devotedness, devotion, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, staunchness, troth), gefolgschaft (entourage, fealty, following, loyalty, retinue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πίστη (belief, conviction, credence, credit, credo, creed, faith, loyalty, loyalty to, trust, trustfulness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | אמו ים, אמ ות (adherence, confidence, fidelity, loyalty, reliability, troth, trust, trusteeship, trustiness, trustworthiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hûség (adherence, fidelity, loyalty, troth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kesetiaan (constancy, devotion, loyalty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | obbedienza (obedience), fedelt (accuracy, accurateness, adhesion, care, caution, constancy, dependability, exactness, faithfulness, fidelity, frequency, loyalty, precision, troth), devozione (attachment, devotion, devoutness, godliness, piety, resignedness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 恭 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きょうじゅ", ちゅうせつ (fidelity, loyalty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 충성. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | urrym, fomys (homage, obeisance, submission), ammys (homage, respect). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | allegianceay submissão (abandonment, acquiescence, compliance, conformity, humming, meerschaum, obedience, resignation, subjection, submission, subordination), obediência (curtsey, curtsy, homage, obedience, obeisant, submission), fidelidade (abidance, accuracy, adherence, adhesion, consistency, faithfulness, fidelity, fidget, loyalty, near-sighted, trustiness). (various references) apartenenţã (appurtenance, membership, nexus), supunere (acquiescence, manageability, meekness, obedience, respect, subjection, submission), credinţã (belief, communion, confession, confidence, constancy, conviction, creed, denomination, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, hope, illusion, loyalty, persuasion, religion, standpoint, trust). (various references) верность (constancy, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, troth, trustiness). (various references) vernost (fidelity, loyalty, trustiness). (various references) vasallaje (vassalage), lealtad (devotion, forthrightness, loyalty, singleness, trustiness), fidelidad (abidance, caninity, consistency, faithfulness, fidelity, reliability, troth, trust, trustworthiness). (various references) trohet (adherence, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, truth). (various references) สาบานว่าจะซื่อสัตย์ต่อ (swear allegiance to). (various references) sadakât (constancy, devotion, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, obedience, singleness, troth, trueness, trustiness, truth), bağlılık (adherence, adhesion, attachment, cementation, cohesion, cohesiveness, constancy, correlation, devotion, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, homage, interdependence, interdependency, loyalty, obedience, singleness, subordination, troth). (various references) wepalylyk. (various references) вірність (adherence, adhesion, attachment, constancy, faith, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty, troth, validity), відданість (adhesion, attachment, devotion, fidelity, trustiness), васальна залежність (vassalage), лояльність (loyalty, trustiness). (various references) teyrn.garwch (loyalty), gwrogaeth (homage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | devotione, famulatus, ligare, obsequi, obsequiis, obsequio, obsequium. (various references) |
| Anglo-French | 1100-1600 | legaunce. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "allegiance": allegiances. (additional references) | |
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"Allegiance" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: alegience, alleegiance, allegance, allegeance, allegence, allegianc, allegience, alleiance, alleigance, allgiance, alliegance, alligance, Alloiance. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "allegiance" (pronounced ulē"juns) |
| 4 | -j u n s | convergence, counterintelligence, diligence, divergence, emergence, indulgence, intelligence, intransigence, negligence, reemergence, resurgence, submergence, vengeance. |
| 3 | -u n s | abeyance, abhorrence, absence, abstinence, abundance, acceptance, accordance, acquaintance, acquiescence, adherence, admirations, admittance, adolescence, affluence, alliance, allowance, ambiance, ambience, ambivalence, ambulance, annoyance, appearance, appliance, arrogance, ascendance, assistance, assurance, attendance, audience, avoidance, balance, belligerence, beneficence, benevolence, bioscience, brilliance, cadence, capacitance, chrominance, circumference, clairvoyance, Clarence, clearance, coexistence, cognizance, coherence, coincidence, coinsurance, comeuppance, competence, compliance, concurrence, condolence, conference, confidence, confluence, conformance, congruence, connivance, conscience, consequence, consistence, continuance, contrivance, convalescence, convenience, conveyance, correspondence, countenance, counterbalance, credence, dalliance, decadence, Defeasance, deference, defiance, deliverance, dependence, deterrence, deviance, difference, disallowance, disappearance, discontinuance, disobedience, dissidence, dissonance, distance, disturbance, dominance, ebullience, elegance, eloquence, eminence, endurance, entrance, equivalence, essence, evanescence, evidence, excellence, existence, expedience, experience, extravagance, exuberance, flamboyance, Florence, forbearance, fragrance, furtherance, governance, grievance, guidance, hindrance, ignorance, imbalance, immanence, imminence, impatience, impedance, importance, impotence, imprudence, inadvertence, incidence, incoherence, incompetence, incontinence, inconvenience, independence, indifference, inductance, inexperience, inference, influence, inheritance, innocence, insignificance, insistence, insolence, instance, insurance, interdependence, interference, intolerance, invariance, irrelevance, irreverence, issuance, jurisprudence, licence, license, luminance, luminescence, maintenance, malfeasance, neuroscience, noncompliance, noninterference, nonviolence, nuisance, obedience, observance, obsolescence, occurrence, omnipotence, omnipresence, opulence, ordinance, Ordnance, overabundance, overconfidence, overdependence, overreliance, parlance, patience, penance, performance, permanence, persecutions, perseverance, persistence, pestilence, petulance, phosphorescence, pittance, precedence, predominance, preeminence, preference, preponderance, prescience, presence, prevalence, prominence, protuberance, provenance, Providence, province, prudence, pseudoscience, quintessence, radiance, reappearance, reassurance, recalcitrance, recognizance, reconnaissance, recurrence, reference, reinspections, reinsurance, relevance, reliance, reluctance, remembrance, reminiscence, remittance, repentance, resemblance, residence, resilience, resistance, resonance, reticence, reverence, riddance, science, semblance, senescence, sentence, sequence, severance, significance, silence, subservience, subsidence, subsistence, substance, surveillance, sustenance, teleconference, temperance, tolerance, transcendence, transference, transience, turbulence, unbalance, utterance, Valence, variance, vehemence, videoconference, vigilance, violence, virulence. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-g-i-l-l-n" | |
-1 letter: angelical, elegiacal, galenical. | |
-2 letters: alienage, alliance, ancillae, angelica, canaille, gallican. | |
-3 letters: ancilla, angelic, anglice, calling, canella, celling, elegiac, galenic, galilee, gallein, glacial, lineage, nacelle. | |
-4 letters: aecial, agnail, allege, anlace, anlage, callan, cellae, clinal, encage, enlace, galeae, galena, gallic, genial, glance, incage, inlace, lacing, laical, lienal, linage, lineal, nellie. | |
-5 letters: acing, aecia, again, agene, agile, aglee. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-e-g-i-l-l-n" | |
+1 letter: allegiances, evangelical. | |
+2 letters: evangelicals, genealogical. | |
+3 letters: evangelically. | |
+4 letters: acceleratingly, adrenergically, antiallergenic, diagenetically, genealogically. | |
+5 letters: allegoricalness, antiallergenics, geomagnetically, paragenetically. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6C 6C 65 67 69 61 6E 63 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-.. .-.. . --. .. .- -. -.-. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101100 01101100 01100101 01100111 01101001 01100001 01101110 01100011 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A l l e g i a n c e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006C 006C 0065 0067 0069 0061 006E 0063 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35787871737567806971 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Company Usage 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Derivations 19. Rhymes 20. Anagrams | 21. Orthography 22. Bibliography |
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