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{{Short description|Duty of fidelity, typically to a country}} | {{Short description|Duty of fidelity, typically to a country}} | ||
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An '''allegiance''' is a duty of fidelity said to be owed, or freely committed, by the people, subjects or [[citizen]]s to their [[state (polity)|state]] or [[Monarch|sovereign]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Allegiance |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allegiance |website=Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary |publisher=Merriam-Webster}}</ref> | An '''allegiance''' is a duty of fidelity said to be owed, or freely committed, by the people, subjects or [[citizen]]s to their [[state (polity)|state]] or [[Monarch|sovereign]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Allegiance |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allegiance |website=Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary |publisher=Merriam-Webster}}</ref><ref name = "OED1">{{cite book |chapter= allegiance |title= The Oxford English Dictionary: Being a Corrected Re-Issue of with An Introduction, Supplement and Bibliography of a New English Dictionary on Historical Principles |volume= 1 A-B |year= 1913 |place= Oxford |publisher= Clarendon Press |url= https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.99992/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater |page= [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.99992/page/231/mode/2up?view=theater 231] |via= [[Internet Archive]] |accessdate= 23 September 2025}}</ref><ref name = "OED2">{{cite book |chapter= liege |title= The Oxford English Dictionary: Being a Corrected Re-Issue of with An Introduction, Supplement and Bibliography of a New English Dictionary on Historical Principles |volume= 6 L-M |year= 1913 |place= Oxford |publisher= Clarendon Press |url= https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.271836/mode/2up?view=theater |page= [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.271836/page/n259/mode/2up?view=theater 257] |via= [[Internet Archive]] |accessdate= 23 September 2025}}</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The word ''allegiance'' comes from [[Middle English]] ''{{Lang|enm|ligeaunce}}'' (see [[Medieval Latin]] ''{{Lang|la|ligeantia}}'', "a liegance"). The ''al-'' prefix was probably added through confusion with another legal term, ''allegation''. The connection with [[Latin]] ''{{Lang|la|ligare}}'', "to bind," is erroneous.<ref name="Chisholm1911">{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Allegiance}}</ref> | The word ''allegiance'' comes from [[Middle English]] ''{{Lang|enm|ligeaunce}}'' (see [[Medieval Latin]] ''{{Lang|la|ligeantia}}'', "a liegance"). The ''al-'' prefix was probably added through confusion with another legal term, ''allegation''. The connection with [[Latin]] ''{{Lang|la|ligare}}'', "to bind," is erroneous.<ref name="Chisholm1911">{{EB1911|inline=1|wstitle=Allegiance}}</ref><ref name = "OED1"/> | ||
==Usage== | ==Usage== | ||
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===In Islam=== | ===In Islam=== | ||
{{Main|Bay'ah}} | {{Main|Bay'ah}} | ||
In Arabic, allegiance is ''bay'ah'' (بيعة), meaning "taking hand." The [[Quran]] references it in [[Surah 48:10]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Whitehouse |first=Bill |title=Reality Without A Name |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yVUCCnhTiHcC&pg=PA266 |publisher=Bilquees Press |isbn=0-9680995-6-4 |page=266}}</ref> | In Arabic, allegiance is ''bay'ah'' (بيعة), meaning "taking hand." The [[Quran]] references it in [[Surah 48:10]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Whitehouse |first=Bill |title=Reality Without A Name |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yVUCCnhTiHcC&pg=PA266 |publisher=Bilquees Press |isbn=0-9680995-6-4 |page=266}}</ref> | ||
==Oath of allegiance== | ==Oath of allegiance== | ||
{{Main|Oath of allegiance}} | {{Main|Oath of allegiance}} | ||
An oath of allegiance pledges fidelity to the sovereign (or nation in republics). In the U.S., this is embodied in the [[Pledge of Allegiance]], which is voluntary due to the [[First Amendment]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/319/624 |title=West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette |website=LII / Legal Information Institute}}</ref> | An oath of allegiance pledges fidelity to the sovereign (or nation in republics). In the U.S., this is embodied in the [[Pledge of Allegiance]], which is voluntary due to the [[First Amendment]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/319/624 |title=West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette |website=LII / Legal Information Institute}}</ref> | ||