ALLIANCE

noun the persons or parties allied.

2. alliance ·vt to connect by alliance; to ally.

3. alliance ·noun any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.

4. alliance ·noun the state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, ·etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league; as, matrimonial alliances; an alliance between church and state; an alliance between france and england.