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allegiance 音标拼音: [əl'idʒəns] n. 忠诚,忠贞 忠诚,忠贞 allegiance n 1: 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" [ synonym: { commitment}, { allegiance}, { loyalty}, { dedication}] 2: the loyalty that citizens owe to their country ( or subjects to their sovereign) [ synonym: { allegiance}, { fealty}] Allegiance \ Al* le" giance\, n. [ OE. alegeaunce; pref. a- OF. lige, liege. The meaning was influenced by L. ligare to bind, and even by lex, legis, law. See { Liege}, { Ligeance}.] 1. The tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to one' s king, government, or state. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Devotion; loyalty; as, allegiance to science. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Loyalty; fealty. Usage: { Allegiance}, { Loyalty}. These words agree in expressing the general idea of fidelity and attachment to the " powers that be." Allegiance is an obligation to a ruling power. Loyalty is a feeling or sentiment towards such power. Allegiance may exist under any form of government, and, in a republic, we generally speak of allegiance to the government, to the state, etc. In well conducted monarchies, loyalty is a warm- hearted feeling of fidelity and obedience to the sovereign. It is personal in its nature; and hence we speak of the loyalty of a wife to her husband, not of her allegiance. In cases where we personify, loyalty is more commonly the word used; as, loyalty to the constitution; loyalty to the cause of virtue; loyalty to truth and religion, etc. [ 1913 Webster] Hear me, recreant, on thine allegiance hear me! -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] So spake the Seraph Abdiel, faithful found, . . . Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 65 Moby Thesaurus words for " allegiance": acquiescence, adherence, adhesion, assigned task, attachment, bona fides, bond, bonne foi, bounden duty, burden, business, call of duty, charge, commitment, compliance, conformity, consecration, constancy, dedication, deference, devoir, devotedness, devotion, duteousness, duties and responsibilities, dutifulness, duty, ethics, faith, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, firmness, good faith, homage, honor, imperative, line of duty, loyalty, mission, must, obedience, obediency, obligation, observance, onus, ought, piety, place, respect, self- imposed duty, service, servility, servitium, staunchness, steadfastness, submission, submissiveness, suit and service, suit service, tie, troth, true blue, trueness, willingnessALLEGIANCE. The tie which binds the citizen to the government, in return forthe protection which the government affords him. 2. It is natural, acquired, or local. Natural allegiance is such as isdue from all men born within the United States; acquired allegiance is thatwhich is due by a naturalized citizen. It has never been decided whether acitizen can, by expatriation, divest himself absolutely of that character. 2Cranch, 64; 1 Peters' C. C. Rep. 159; 7 Wheat. R. 283; 9 Mass. R. 461. Infants cannot assume allegiance, ( 4 Bin. 49) although they enlist in thearmy of the United States. 5 Bin. 429. 3. It seems, however, that he cannot renounce his allegiance to theUnited States without the permission of the government, to be declared bylaw. But for commercial purposes he may acquire the rights of a citizen ofanother country, and the place of his domicil determines the character of aparty as to trade. 1 Kent, Com. 71; Com. Rep. 677; 2 Kent, Com. 42. 4. Local allegiance is that which is due from an alien, while residentin the United States, for the protection which the government affords him. 1Bl. Com. 366, 372; Com. Dig. h. t; Dane' s Ab. Index, h. t.; 1 East, P. C. 49to 57.
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