Vocabulary Word
Word: allegiance
Definition: loyalty
Definition: loyalty
Sentences Containing 'allegiance'
All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist, the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable.
Those who, while they disapprove of the character and measures of a government, yield to it their allegiance and support are undoubtedly its most conscientious supporters, and so frequently the most serious obstacles to reform.
When the subject has refused allegiance, and the officer has resigned his office, then the revolution is accomplished.
I simply wish to refuse allegiance to the State, to withdraw and stand aloof from it effectually.
I do not care to trace the course of my dollar, if I could, till it buys a man or a musket to shoot one with the dollar is innocent but I am concerned to trace the effects of my allegiance.
``I am a royalist,''replied the general;``I have taken the oath of allegiance to Louis XVIII., and I will adhere to it.''
To this God you also should have sworn allegiance, even as soldiers unto Caesar.
I myself am a savage, owning no allegiance but to the King of the Cannibals; and ready at any moment to rebel against him.
When the subject has refused allegiance, and the officer has resigned from office, then the revolution is accomplished.
I do not care to trace the course of my dollar, if I could, till it buys a man or a musket to shoot one with--the dollar is innocent--but I am concerned to trace the effects of my allegiance.
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Allegiance Health's Radiation Oncology - Tejada Center offers cancer care in partnership with the University of Michigan.
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In December 2013, Allegiance Health and the University of Michigan Health System announced that they had signed a letter of intent for Allegiance to become absorbed by the University of Michigan.
Rainer took her oath of allegiance to the United States in the 1940s, but she and Knittel would live in the UK and Switzerland, instead.
(2) The date stated on the certificate of registration shall be the date of the taking of the Ghana oath of allegiance.
(2) A person to whom a certificate of naturalisation is granted under subsection (1) shall take the oath of allegiance and become a citizen by naturalisation from the date on which the oath of allegiance is taken.
He was formerly a member of the People's First Party, but switched allegiance to the Kuomintang shortly before the county chief elections.
The tinctures red and silver witness Kaden’s allegiance to the Electorate of Trier from 1564 to 1802.
She acquired the allegiance of the Demon and his army of ghouls, collecting energy to return to her insectoid form.
He used this as an opportunity to memorise their Oath of Allegiance, passwords, and the identities of their agents.
He wrote several letters to Saladin, who dismissed them without abandoning his allegiance to Nur ad-Din.
2010 – VIST Bank acquires Allegiance Bank of North America in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, and its offices in Old City, Berwyn, and Worcester.
Similarly, the Oath of Citizenship contained a statement of allegiance to the reigning monarch until 1994, when a pledge of allegiance to "Australia" and its values was introduced.
Nevertheless, the County of Tripoli owed fealty (allegiance) and homage (declarations of allegiance) to him, and he, in return, provided support to the county in times of trouble.
Therefore, the city offered its allegiance to Venice in exchange for the Doge establishing security.
He defeated the Narentines the same year, and the cities of Dalmatia offered to pledge their allegiance to the Doge and his successors.
Whig newspapers tried to discredit Hébert by starting rumors of his allegiance with the Know Nothings.
In the presidential election of 1876, Governor Hébert changed political allegiance back to the Democrats.
He is puzzled and sometimes angered by her allegiance to Erik, and thinks that she may be toying with his heart.
La Corne asked the Acadians to affirm their allegiance to the French king, which they did.
The three deputies returned home in January 1826, appeared before the archbishop, and declared to him their allegiance.
Many voters use elections to reaffirm their party allegiance.
However, the creation of the Lancashire League meant that some of the Football League clubs changed their allegiance.
He had control over portions of Western Maui and relied on the allegiance of many district chiefs.
These leaders had conservative origins and showed allegiance to Portugal, but never advocated integration with Indonesia.
In this context, a loyalty oath is distinct from pledge or oath of allegiance.
Many questioned their allegiance to the Song, and the Emperor barred Jia Sidao himself from the command.
It required the judges to take a fresh oath of office swearing allegiance to military rule.
The only man with the prestige to keep the allegiance of the army in such a coup was the Grand Duke.
Katrina and Mike call a truce, though she assures him that her allegiance is now to Louis.
He gave Rahman permission to offer Latif's allegiance if Rahman felt convinced.
Rahman was convinced, took an oath of allegiance, and returned to Afghanistan with more of Ahmad's books.
The Singapore National Pledge is an oath of allegiance to Singapore.
Peters was originally elected as a Liberal, but later changed his allegiance to the National Liberal Party.
He was one of those who pledged allegiance to the Prophet at the Second Pledge of Aqabah.
He was ordained as a priest in 1699 but refused to swear allegiance to Queen Anne in 1702 as he did not agree to reject allegiance to the son of King James II.