allegiance  /əl'idʒəns/

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資料來源(1): pydict data [pydict]

  allegiance
  忠誠,忠貞

資料來源(2): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  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.
  
     2. Devotion; loyalty; as, allegiance to science.
  
     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.
  
                  Hear me, recreant, on thine allegiance hear me!
                                                    --Shak.
  
                  So spake the Seraph Abdiel, faithful found, . .
                  . Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty
                  he kept, his love, his zeal.      --Milton.

資料來源(3): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  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" [syn:
            {commitment}, {loyalty}, {dedication}]
       2: the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects
          to their sovereign) [syn: {fealty}]

資料來源(4): THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]

  ALLEGIANCE, n.
  
      This thing Allegiance, as I suppose,
      Is a ring fitted in the subject's nose,
      Whereby that organ is kept rightly pointed
      To smell the sweetness of the Lord's anointed.
                                                                    G.J.