Allegiance
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(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.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
a lē´jans משׁמרת mishmereth shāmar 1 Chronicles 12:29
