[f. late L. fœderātus FEDERATE ppl. a., after CONFEDERACY; see -ACY.]
1. The state of being joined by a treaty; an instance of this, an alliance, rare.
1647. Ward, The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America, 32. Forreigne federacies.
1692–1732. in Coles.
1855. Singleton, Virgil, II. 240.
| And tell him that Dardania’s chosen chiefs | |
| Have come, entreating fed’racy of arms. |
2. A body of federated states; = CONFEDERACY 3.
1803. Edin. Rev., I. 354. To render Europe a united whole within itself … a great federacy.
1862. Ld. Brougham, Brit. Const., iv. 58. The central government in a Federacy is of necessity feeble.
