'Alliance' definitions:
Definition of 'alliance'
From: WordNet
noun
The state of being allied or confederated [syn: alliance, confederation]
noun
A connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest; "the shifting alliances within a large family"; "their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them" [syn: alliance, bond]
noun
An organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact or treaty [syn: alliance, coalition, alignment, alinement] [ant: nonalignment, nonalinement]
noun
A formal agreement establishing an association or alliance between nations or other groups to achieve a particular aim
noun
The act of forming an alliance or confederation [syn: confederation, alliance]
Definition of 'Alliance'
From: Easton
- Alliance a treaty between nations, or between individuals, for their mutual advantage.
- Abraham formed an alliance with some of the Canaanitish princes (Gen. 14:13), also with Abimelech (21:22-32). Joshua and the elders of Israel entered into an alliance with the Gibeonites (Josh. 9:3-27). When the Israelites entered Palestine they were forbidden to enter into alliances with the inhabitants of the country (Lev. 18:3, 4; 20:22, 23).
- Solomon formed a league with Hiram (1 Kings 5:12). This "brotherly covenant" is referred to 250 years afterwards (Amos 1:9). He also appears to have entered into an alliance with Pharaoh (1 Kings 10:28, 29).
- In the subsequent history of the kingdoms of Judah and Israel various alliances were formed between them and also with neighbouring nations at different times.
- From patriarchal times a covenant of alliance was sealed by the blood of some sacrificial victim. The animal sacrificed was cut in two (except birds), and between these two parts the persons contracting the alliance passed (Gen. 15:10). There are frequent allusions to this practice (Jer. 34:18). Such alliances were called "covenants of salt" (Num. 18:19; 2 Chr. 13:5), salt being the symbol of perpetuity. A pillar was set up as a memorial of the alliance between Laban and Jacob (Gen. 31:52). The Jews throughout their whole history attached great importance to fidelity to their engagements. Divine wrath fell upon the violators of them (Josh. 9:18; 2 Sam. 21:1, 2; Ezek. 17:16).
Synonyms of 'alliance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a world-without-end bargain,
- accompaniment,
- accord,
- accordance,
- addition,
- adjunct,
- affairs,
- affiliation,
- affinity,
- agglomeration,
- aggregation,
- agnation,
- agreement,
- alignment,
- alikeness,
- amalgamation,
- analogy,
- ancestry,
- Anschluss,
- anschluss,
- aping,
- approach,
- approximation,
- assemblage,
- assimilation,
- association,
- axis,
- band,
- bed,
- blend,
- blending,
- bloc,
- blood,
- blood relationship,
- body,
- bond,
- bond of matrimony,
- bridebed,
- brotherhood,
- brothership,
- Bund,
- cabal,
- cahoots,
- capitulation,
- cartel,
- centralization,
- closeness,
- club,
- co-working,
- coaction,
- coadunation,
- coalescence,
- coalition,
- cognation,
- cohabitation,
- coincidence,
- collaboration,
- colleagueship,
- collectivity,
- college,
- collegialism,
- collegiality,
- collusion,
- combination,
- combine,
- combined effort,
- combo,
- common ancestry,
- common descent,
- common market,
- community,
- comparability,
- comparison,
- composition,
- comradeship,
- concert,
- concerted action,
- concomitance,
- concord,
- concordance,
- concordat,
- concourse,
- concurrence,
- confederacy,
- confederation,
- confluence,
- conformity,
- confraternity,
- congeries,
- conglomeration,
- conjugal bond,
- conjugal knot,
- conjugation,
- conjunction,
- connectedness,
- connection,
- consanguinity,
- consilience,
- consolidation,
- conspiracy,
- consumer cooperative,
- contiguity,
- contrariety,
- convention,
- cooperation,
- cooperative,
- cooperative society,
- copartnership,
- copartnery,
- copying,
- corps,
- correspondence,
- council,
- cousinhood,
- cousinship,
- coverture,
- credit union,
- customs union,
- dealings,
- deduction,
- disjunction,
- economic community,
- ecumenism,
- embodiment,
- enation,
- encompassment,
- enosis,
- entente,
- entente cordiale,
- fatherhood,
- federalization,
- federation,
- fellowship,
- filiation,
- fraternalism,
- fraternity,
- fraternization,
- free trade area,
- freemasonry,
- fusion,
- gang,
- group,
- grouping,
- holy matrimony,
- holy wedlock,
- homology,
- hookup,
- husbandhood,
- identity,
- ill-assorted marriage,
- imitation,
- inclusion,
- incorporation,
- integration,
- intercourse,
- intermarriage,
- international agreement,
- interracial marriage,
- intimacy,
- junction,
- junta,
- kindred,
- kinship,
- league,
- liaison,
- likeness,
- likening,
- link,
- linkage,
- linking,
- machine,
- marriage,
- marriage bed,
- marriage sacrament,
- match,
- maternity,
- matrilineage,
- matriliny,
- matrimonial union,
- matrimony,
- matrisib,
- matrocliny,
- meld,
- melding,
- merger,
- mesalliance,
- metaphor,
- mimicking,
- misalliance,
- miscegenation,
- mixed marriage,
- mob,
- motherhood,
- mutual attraction,
- mutual-defense treaty,
- NATO,
- nearness,
- nonaggression pact,
- nuptial bond,
- order,
- package,
- package deal,
- pact,
- paction,
- parallelism,
- parasitism,
- parity,
- partnership,
- paternity,
- patrilineage,
- patriliny,
- patrisib,
- patrocliny,
- political machine,
- propinquity,
- proximity,
- rapport,
- relatedness,
- relation,
- relations,
- relationship,
- resemblance,
- ring,
- Rochdale cooperative,
- sacrament of matrimony,
- sameness,
- saprophytism,
- SEATO,
- semblance,
- sibship,
- similarity,
- simile,
- similitude,
- simulation,
- simultaneity,
- sisterhood,
- sistership,
- society,
- sodality,
- solidification,
- sorority,
- spousehood,
- symbiosis,
- sympathy,
- synchronism,
- syncretism,
- syndication,
- syneresis,
- synergy,
- synthesis,
- tie,
- tie-in,
- tie-up,
- ties of blood,
- treaty,
- unification,
- union,
- united action,
- unity,
- wedded bliss,
- wedded state,
- weddedness,
- wedding,
- wedding knot,
- wedlock,
- wifehood
Alliance, NE -- U.S. city in Nebraska
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Alliance, NE -- U.S. city in Nebraska
Population (2000) :
8959
Housing Units (2000) :
4062
Land area (2000) :
4.767735 sq. miles (12.348377 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.012236 sq. miles (0.031691 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
4.779971 sq. miles (12.380068 sq. km)
FIPS code :
00905
Located within :
Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location :
42.101382 N, 102.870272 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
69301
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Alliance, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Alliance, NC -- U.S. town in North Carolina
Population (2000) :
781
Housing Units (2000) :
304
Land area (2000) :
2.005003 sq. miles (5.192933 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
2.005003 sq. miles (5.192933 sq. km)
FIPS code :
01000
Located within :
North Carolina (NC), FIPS 37
Location :
35.143133 N, 76.815333 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Alliance, OH -- U.S. city in Ohio
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Alliance, OH -- U.S. city in Ohio
Population (2000) :
23253
Housing Units (2000) :
9730
Land area (2000) :
8.611823 sq. miles (22.304518 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.002385 sq. miles (0.006176 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
8.614208 sq. miles (22.310694 sq. km)
FIPS code :
01420
Located within :
Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location :
40.913358 N, 81.108094 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
44601
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.