Bible Dictionaries
Allegiance

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to one's king, government, or state.

(2):

(n.) Devotion; loyalty; as, allegiance to science.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Allegiance'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/allegiance.html. 1828.