noun🔗ShareAn alliance."The students formed a confederacy to advocate for healthier lunch options in the school cafeteria. "politicsgovernmentnationgrouphistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre. As opposed to a federation, where the central and regional governments are each equal and sovereign in their own sphere."The student clubs formed a confederacy, where each club retained full control over its own activities but delegated the responsibility of coordinating events to a central student council. "politicsgovernmentnationstatehistoryorganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSpecifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America."The Blackfoot, Iroquois, and Sioux peoples all were governed as confederacies. There were also multi-ethnic confederacies, such as the Iron Confederacy made up of the Plains Cree, Assiniboine, Stoney, and Saulteaux."politicsgovernmenthistorynationgrouporganizationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
