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Definition of Confederal
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Confederal
Literary usage of Confederal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ricardian Socialists by Lowenthal, Esther, 1883- (1912)
"On the 4th of August, as a move against the government, the confederal Committee
which constituted itself after the arrests and of which M. Luquet was ..."
2. Regionalism: Problems and Prospects by Bertus De Villiers, Jabu Sindane (1993)
"It should be pointed out that the point at which a state form becomes unitary,
federal or confederal is often difficult to specify and is a contested issue. ..."
3. Nation Against State: A New Approach to Ethnic Conflicts and the Decline of by Gidon Gottlieb (1993)
"Even in Switzerland, the paradigm of confederal success, some questioned the ...
Yet, paradoxically, federal solutions and confederal arrangements are ..."
4. What's what in the Labor Movement: A Dictionary of Labor Affairs and Labor by Waldo Ralph Browne (1921)
"Each section keeps its separate existence and has its own central committee; at
regular intervals these committees meet together as a Comite confederal. ..."
5. History of the Formation of the Constitution of the United States of America by George Bancroft (1889)
"This commencement, however, has discovered so great a relaxation in the confederal
springs that I doubt the machine will not be long kept in motion unless ..."
6. pennsylvania archives by Pennsylvania State Library, Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth (1853)
"I hope all the confederal troops are on the march from Philadelphia, and if they
are not, that immediate orders will be given for their joining the army. ..."
7. The Writings of James Madison: Comprising His Public Papers and His Private by James Madison, Gaillard Hunt (1901)
"Ancient history furnishes examples of these confederal' associations, ...
The word " confederacies " also appears here parallel with " confederal. ..."
8. Central Asia and the World: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan by Michael Mandelbaum (1994)
"New confederal relations with the former republics of the USSR. The breakup of
empire has meant more than simply psychic shock to the Russians; ..."
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