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allegiance

/əˈlidʒəns/uh-LEE-juhns
/əˈlidʒəns/uh-LEE-juhns

Meaninghomage

Common meaning: loyalty to a person or cause

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchligeance‘homage’source
  2. Middle Englishmeaning shiftshomage → loyal obligationalegeaunce‘loyal obligation’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsloyal obligation → loyalty to a person or causeallegiance‘loyalty to a person or cause’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old French ligeance ‘homage’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry ALLEGIANCE, p. 16 · dictionary scan

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