Full definition of confœderation
Noun
- Archaic spelling of confederation
- 1663, Newhavens case stated, section 21: subsection 3; reprinted in:
- 1858, Records of the Colony Or Jurisdiction of New Haven, from May, 1653, to the Union, page #529:But if it be said, as one of yor comittee is reported to express it, that yow must pforme yo
r pmise to them, as Joshua & eld
rs of Israell did to the Gibeonites, doe yow not see the sundry disparities between that vow & yo
rs ? or doe yow indeed make conscience of yo
r vow to Gibeonites, if yo
u tearme them soe, & w
thout regard to yo
r consciences break yo
r pmise & most sollemne
confœderation to Israelites ?----
