ralliance
English
Etymology
Compare Old French raliance. See rally (“to reunite”).
Noun
ralliance (uncountable)
- The act of rallying.
- 1816, Thomas Jefferson, Letter to John Adams, 1 August 1816:
- “old Europe will have to lean on our shoulders, and to hobble along by our side, under the monkish trammels of priests & kings, as she can. what a Colossus shall we be when the Southern continent comes up to our mark! what a stand will it secure as a ralliance for the reason & freedom of the globe!”
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Anagrams
- alliancer