Confederation

(noun.) the act of forming an alliance or confederation.

(noun.) a union of political organizations.

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• Luxembourg was included in the German Confederation, though its ruler was also King of the Netherlands, and though many of its peoples talked French. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Prussia and Austria were both partly in and partly out of a German confederation, which included a multitude of minor states. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Once more Athens flared into importance as the head of a confederation. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The King of Denmark came into the German confederation by virtue of certain German-speaking possessions in Holstein. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• For a time, under Canute and his sons, it seemed possible that a great confederation of the Northmen might have established itself. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Doubtless the founders of our government, the majority of them at least, regarded the confederation of the colonies as an experiment. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

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