allegiance
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allegiance /əˈliːdʒ(ə)ns/
▶noun loyalty or commitment to a superior or to a group or cause.
– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr., var. of OFr. ligeance, from lige, liege (see liege), perh. by assoc. with Anglo-Latin alligantia ‘alliance’.
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