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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Allegiance \Al*le"giance\, n. [OE. alegeaunce; pref. a- + OF.
   lige, liege. The meaning was influenced by L. ligare to bind,
   and even by lex, legis, law. See {Liege}, {Ligeance}.]
   1. The tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a
      subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of
      fidelity to one's king, government, or state.

   2. Devotion; loyalty; as, allegiance to science.

   Syn: Loyalty; fealty.

   Usage: {Allegiance}, {Loyalty}. These words agree in
          expressing the general idea of fidelity and attachment
          to the ``powers that be.'' Allegiance is an obligation
          to a ruling power. Loyalty is a feeling or sentiment
          towards such power. Allegiance may exist under any
          form of government, and, in a republic, we generally
          speak of allegiance to the government, to the state,
          etc. In well conducted monarchies, loyalty is a
          warm-hearted feeling of fidelity and obedience to the
          sovereign. It is personal in its nature; and hence we
          speak of the loyalty of a wife to her husband, not of
          her allegiance. In cases where we personify, loyalty
          is more commonly the word used; as, loyalty to the
          constitution; loyalty to the cause of virtue; loyalty
          to truth and religion, etc.

                Hear me, recreant, on thine allegiance hear me!
                                                  --Shak.

                So spake the Seraph Abdiel, faithful found, . .
                . Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty
                he kept, his love, his zeal.      --Milton.

资料来源 : WordNet®

allegiance
     n 1: the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally)
          to a course of action; "his long commitment to public
          service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team" [syn:
          {commitment}, {loyalty}, {dedication}]
     2: the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects
        to their sovereign) [syn: {fealty}]