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In this respect, the word can be coterminous with another significant Anglo-Saxon root-word, sib (from which the word 'sibling' is derived) - indeed the two are frequently interchanged. In this context, frith goes further than expressing blood ties, and encompasses all the concomitant benefits and duties which kinship engenders.
The word allegiance comes from Middle English ligeaunce (see Medieval Latin ligeantia, "a liegance"). The al-prefix was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegiance, an "allegation" (the French allegeance comes from the English). Allegiance is formed from "liege," from Old French liege, "liege, free", of Germanic origin.
'Loyalty to Country' 9th Infantry Regiment - Keep Up The Fire! 10th Infantry Regiment - Courage and Fidelity; 13th Infantry Regiment - Forty rounds; 15th Infantry Regiment - Can do; 17th Infantry Regiment - Truth and Courage; 20th Infantry Regiment - To The Limit of Our Ability; 75th Ranger Regiment - Latin: Sua Sponte, lit. 'Of Their Own Accord'
These loyalty quotes help put words to the value of a trusting relationship as well as the heartbreak of betrayal, by names from Shakespeare to Selena Gomez. 100 loyalty quotes by everyone from ...
Loyalism, in the United Kingdom, its overseas territories and its former colonies, refers to the allegiance to the British crown or the United Kingdom.In North America, the most common usage of the term refers to loyalty to the British Crown, notably with the loyalists opponents of the American Revolution, and United Empire Loyalists who moved to other colonies in British North America after ...
the English language (adj.) the foot-pound-second system of units [citation needed] (UK: Imperial) English (n.) spin placed on a ball in cue sports (UK: side) engineer: a technician or a person who mends and operates machinery one employed to design, build or repair equipment practitioner of engineering
Amsterdam Zoo: Natura Artis Magistra (Nature is the teacher of art); International Expositions: Semper Verum (Always true); Monarchist League of Canada: Fidelitate Coniuncti (United by fealty)
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