Word Finder - federations

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Act of joining together into a single political entity.

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It is 106 years since federation.

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Array of nations or states that are unified under one central authority which is elected by its members.

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Any society or organisation formed from separate groups or bodies.

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A collection of network or telecommunication providers that offer interoperability.

The division into federations, confederations and alliances is not complete.

The organization of the Benedictine houses into provinces or chapters under this legislation interfered in the least possible degree with the Benedictine tradition of mutual independence of the houses; the provinces were loose federations of autonomous houses, the legislative power of the chapter and the canonical visitations being the only forms of external interference.

Thus the Benedictine polity may be described as a number of autonomous federations of autonomous monasteries.

In return for the excesses of the democracies Rome dissolved the league, which, however, was allowed to revive under Augustus, and merged with the other central Greek federations in the Achaean synod.

The Benedictine houses never coalesced in this manner; even when, later on, a system of national congregations was introduced, they were but loose federations of autonomous abbeys; so that to this day, though the convenient expression " Benedictine order " is frequently used, the Benedictines do not form an order in the proper sense of the word.

Alongside of the local federations or congregations of houses of Augustinian canons were formed the Premonstratensian order (I r 20) (q.v.), and the English " double order " of St Gilbert of Sempringham (1148) (q.v.), both orders, in the full sense of the word, composed of Augustinian canons.

This, however, is due to the fact that the Greek federations are the only ones of which we have any detailed information.

The chief Greek federations were those of Thessaly, Boeotia, Acarnania, Olynthus, Arcadia, Aetolia, Achaea, the most important as well as the most complete in respect of organization being the Aetolian League and the Achaean League.

Throughout the United Kingdom local councils are formed into federations, some fifty in number, which are intermediate between them and the national council.

Amid this anarchy it became a practice for the National Guards of different districts to form federations, that is, to meet and swear loyalty to each other and obedience to the laws made by the National Assembly.

The system is rounded off by a number of trade federations for the sale and purchase of various commodities.

National union federations provide a first point of contact for country offices.

It has a separate section on in-line hockey and has links to national federations and other ice hockey related sites.

Their sanguinary violence was combined with an anti-religious policy, not atheistical, but inspired by mistrust of the clergy, and by a civic and deistic creed that was a direct outcome of the federations.

The second style simply celebrates the series, with pictures of ships, logos representing races and federations, and other iconic Star Trek images.

Jewish Federations offers a selection of ecards for you to send.