A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
From Middle English alliaunce, from Old French aliance (French: alliance). Equivalent to ally + -ance. Compare with Doric Greek ἁλία (halía, "assembly").
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