Definition of Confederacy
a group that has formed to participate in an activity or to work towards a common cause; term generally used in the United States to refer to the Southern states during the Civil War period
Examples of Confederacy in a sentence
To unite against union forces, the Southern states formed a confederacy. 🔊
When the South lost the Civil War, the confederacy was dissolved. 🔊
A confederacy of students is protesting against the school’s strict detention policy. 🔊
After the war, some states of the confederacy continued to fly Confederate flags as a display of loyalty. 🔊
Several territories formed a confederacy that was led by one ruler. 🔊
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