Obs. [repr. OF. *confédérée fem.:—Rom. type *confederāta (see -ADE): for form cf. valley, F. vallée.] = CONFEDERACY.

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1494.  Fabyan, V. cxxiii. 101. With the other of his confederey. Ibid., VI. clviii. 140. They drewe westwarde, and made a confederey with the West Brytons.

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1534.  Whitinton, Tullyes Offices, I. (1540), 25. The confedre of bretherne.

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