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alliance
English
Alternative forms
- alliaunce
Etymology
From Middle English alliaunce, from Old French aliance (French: alliance). Equivalent to ally +? -ance. Compare with Doric Greek ???? (halía, "assembly").
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??la?.?ns/
- Rhymes: -a??ns
Noun
alliance (countable and uncountable, plural alliances)
- (uncountable) The state of being allied.
- (countable) The act of allying or uniting.
- (countable) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
- (countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
- 1871, Charles John Smith, Synonyms Discriminated
- the alliance of the principles of the world with those of the gospel
- 1860, Henry Longueville Mansel, Prolegomena Logica: An Inquiry Into the Psychological Character of Logical Processes
- the alliance […] between logic and metaphysics
- 1871, Charles John Smith, Synonyms Discriminated
- (with the definite article) The persons or parties allied.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Nicholas Udall to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (union by relationship in qualities): connection, affinity, union, allyship
- (act of allying): union
- (persons or parties allied): coalition, league, confederation, team (informal)
Related terms
- ally
Translations
Verb
alliance (third-person singular simple present alliances, present participle alliancing, simple past and past participle allianced)
- (obsolete) To connect or unite by alliance; to ally.
Further reading
- alliance at OneLook Dictionary Search
- alliance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- ancillae, canaille
French
Etymology
allier +? -ance
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.lj??s/
- Rhymes: -??s
Noun
alliance f (plural alliances)
- alliance, union
- wedding ring
Descendants
- ? Polish: alians
- ? Portuguese: aliança
- ? Russian: ??????? (al?jáns), ???????? (al?jáns)
- ? Armenian: ?????? (alyans)
- ? Kazakh: ?????? (al?yans)
- ? Turkish: alyans
Further reading
- “alliance” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- canaille
Middle English
Noun
alliance
- Alternative form of alliaunce
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conclave
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French conclave, from Latin conclave (“room that may be locked up”), from con- (combining form of cum (“with”)) + cl?vis (“key”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /k?n.?kle?v/
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?n.kle?v/
Noun
conclave (plural conclaves)
- The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.
- The group of Roman Catholic cardinals locked in a conclave until they elect a new pope; the body of cardinals.
- February 22, 1685, Robert South, a sermon preached at Westminster Abbey
- It was said a cardinal, by reason of his apparent likelihood to step into St. Peter's chair, that in two conclaves he went in pope and came out again cardinal.
- February 22, 1685, Robert South, a sermon preached at Westminster Abbey
- A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.
Derived terms
- in conclave: engaged in a secret meeting; said of a group of people.
Related terms
- clave
- clavis
Translations
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin conclave.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /ko??kla.v?/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ku??kla.b?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ko??kla.ve/
Noun
conclave m (plural conclaves)
- conclave
- Synonym: conclau
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.klav/
Noun
conclave m (plural conclaves)
- conclave
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin conclave.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon?kla.ve/
Noun
conclave m (plural conclavi)
- conclave
Derived terms
- conclavista
Latin
Etymology
From con- +? cl?vis (key).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kon?kla?.u?e/, [k???k??ä?u??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kon?kla.ve/, [k???kl??v?]
Noun
concl?ve n (genitive concl?vis); third declension
- room, chamber
- enclosed space that can be locked
- dining hall
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
Descendants
- Catalan: conclave
- English: conclave
- French: conclave
- Italian: conclave
- Portuguese: conclave
- Russian: ???????? (konkláv)
- Spanish: cónclave
References
- conclave in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- conclave in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- conclave in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- conclave in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- conclave in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- conclave in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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