confederacy

IPA: kʌnfˈɛdɝʌsi

(historical) The Confederate States of America, the collection of American states that seceded from the United States in 1860–61, and fought against the Union in the American Civil War.
An alliance.
(politics) A state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre. As opposed to a federation, where the central and regional governments are each equal and sovereign in their own sphere.
Specifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America.

Examples of "confederacy" in Sentences

Any attempt to seperate slavery and confederacy is folly.
That flag and the confederacy is a sign of racism and pro-slavery.
To black people (myself being one) – the confederacy is akin to nazi germany.
This in-between structure is called a confederacy, and it is something that was tried and which failed in North America on two occasions, most recently in 1865.
I always find it funny that Republicans are the first to scream how unpatriotism people are, and yet supporting the confederacy is the most unpatriotic thing you can do.
He waited and thought and toiled, until war had educated the great leaders and the veteran host that have, within the last two years, swept the armed confederacy from the earth.
While wiping all mention of the confederacy from the books is slightly overboard, proclaiming the confederacy as a point of pride is appropriate, after all do we have "Happy English Colony" history month?
Again were they driven and scattered by our forces upon the land, and it was but as yesterday that the flower of their army surrendered; and now, powerless and stricken, the Southern confederacy is cursed of God and forsaken by man.