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Allegeance
Allegeance meaning
Alleviation, relief.
Example sentences (2)
The al- prefix was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an "allegation" (the French allegeance comes from the English).
Apparently you have to swear an oath of allegeance not to American's laws or Constitution nor even a flag, but to the Person of the Potentate in His August Presence.