ralliance

English

Etymology

Compare Old French raliance. See rally (“to reunite”).

Noun

ralliance (uncountable)

  1. 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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