League
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
league
n 1: an association of sports teams that organizes matches for
its members [syn: {league}, {conference}]
2: an association of states or organizations or individuals for
common action
3: an obsolete unit of distance of variable length (usually 3
miles)
v 1: unite to form a league
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
League \League\ (l[=e]g), n. [Cf. OE. legue, lieue, a measure of
length, F. lieue, Pr. lega, legua, It. & LL. lega, Sp. legua,
Pg. legoa, legua; all fr. LL. leuca, of Celtic origin: cf.
Arm. leo, lev (perh. from French), Ir. leige (perh. from
English); also Ir. & Gael. leac a flag, a broad, flat stone,
W. llech, -- such stones having perh. served as a sort of
milestone (cf. {Cromlech}).]
1. A measure of length or distance, varying in different
countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of
5,280 feet each, and used (as a land measure) chiefly on
the continent of Europe, and in the Spanish parts of
America. The marine league of England and the United
States is equal to three marine, or geographical, miles of
6080 feet each.
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Note: The English land league is equal to three English
statute miles. The Spanish and French leagues vary in
each country according to usage and the kind of
measurement to which they are applied. The Dutch and
German leagues contain about four geographical miles,
or about 4.6 English statute miles.
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2. A stone erected near a public road to mark the distance of
a league. [Obs.]
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
League \League\ (l[=e]g), n. [F. ligue, LL. liga, fr. L. ligare
to bind; cf. Sp. liga. Cf. {Ally} a confederate, {Ligature}.]
1. An alliance or combination of two or more nations,
parties, organizations, or persons, for the accomplishment
of a purpose which requires a continued course of action,
as for mutual defense, or for furtherance of commercial,
religious, or political interests, etc.
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And let there be
'Twixt us and them no league, nor amity. --Denham.
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2. Specifically: (Sports) An association of sports teams that
establishes rules of play, decides questions of membership
in the league, and organizes matches between the member
teams. In some cases a sports league is called a
{conference}, as in the {National Football Conference}.
[PJC]
Note: A league may be offensive or defensive, or both;
offensive, when the parties agree to unite in attacking
a common enemy; defensive, when they agree to a mutual
defense of each other against an enemy.
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{The Holy League}, an alliance of Roman Catholics formed in
1576 by influence of the Duke of Guise for the exclusion
of Protestants from the throne of France.
{Solemn League and Covenant}. See {Covenant},2.
{The land league}, an association, organized in Dublin in
1879, to promote the interests of the Irish tenantry, its
avowed objects being to secure fixity of tenure, fair
rent, and free sale of the tenants' interest. It was
declared illegal by Parliament, but vigorous prosecutions
have failed to suppress it.
Syn: Alliance; confederacy; confederation; coalition;
combination; compact; cooperation.
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from
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
League
a treaty or confederacy. The Jews were forbidden to enter into
an alliance of any kind (1) with the Canaanites (Ex. 23:32, 33;
34:12-16); (2) with the Amalekites (Ex. 17:8, 14; Deut.
25:17-19); (3) with the Moabites and Ammonites (Deut. 2:9, 19).
Treaties were permitted to be entered into with all other
nations. Thus David maintained friendly intercourse with the
kings of Tyre and Hamath, and Solomon with the kings of Tyre and
Egypt.
from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
LEAGUE, measure. A league is a measure of length, which consists of three
geographical miles. The jurisdiction of the United States extends into the
sea a marine league. See Acts of Congress of June 5, 1794; 1 Story's L. U.
S. 352; and April 20, 1818, 3 Story's L. U. S. 1694; 1 Wait's State Papers,
195. Vide Cannon Shot.
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Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
LEAGUE, crim. law, contracts. In criminal law, a league is a conspiracy to
do an unlawful act. The term is but little used.
2. In contracts it is applied to agreements between states. Leagues
between states are of several kinds. 1st. Leagues offensive and defensive,
by which two or more nations agree not only to defend each other, but to
carry on war against their common enemies. 2d. Defensive, but not offensive,
obliging each to defend the other against any foreign invasion. 3d. Leagues
of simple amity, by which one contracts not to invade, injure, or offend the
other; this usually includes the liberty of mutual commerce and trade, and
the safe guard of merchants and traders in each others dominion. Bac. Ab.
Prerogative, D 4. Vide Confederacy; Conspiracy; Peace; Truce; War.
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
295 Moby Thesaurus words for "league":
Anschluss, Bund, NATO, Rochdale cooperative, SEATO, accouple,
accumulate, act in concert, act together, addition, affiliate,
affiliate with, affiliation, agglomeration, agglutinate,
aggregation, agreement, alignment, alliance, ally, amalgamate,
amalgamation, amass, anschluss, articulate, assemblage, assemble,
assimilation, associate, association, axis, band, band together,
be in cahoots, be in league, blend, blending, bloc, body, bond,
bracket, bridge, bridge over, brotherhood, bunch, bunch up, cabal,
cahoots, capitulation, cartel, category, cement, cement a union,
centralization, centralize, chain, circuit, clap together, clot,
club, club together, cluster, coact, coadunation, coalesce,
coalescence, coalition, collaborate, colleagueship, collect,
college, collegialism, collegiality, collude, combination, combine,
combo, come into, come together, common market, composition,
comprise, comradeship, concatenate, concert, concord, concordat,
concur, confederacy, confederate, confederation, conference,
confraternity, congeries, conglobulate, conglomeration, congregate,
conjoin, conjugate, conjugation, conjunction, connect, consociate,
consolidate, consolidation, conspiracy, conspire,
consumer cooperative, convention, converge, cooperate, cooperative,
cooperative society, copartnership, copartnery, copulate, corps,
council, couple, cover, credit union, creep in, crowd,
customs union, date, division, do business with,
economic community, ecumenism, embodiment, embrace, encompass,
encompassment, enlist, enosis, enroll, entente, entente cordiale,
enter, federalization, federalize, federate, federation,
fellowship, flock together, flow together, forgather, fraternalism,
fraternity, fraternization, free trade area, freemasonry, fuse,
fusion, gang, gang around, gang up, gather, gather around,
get heads together, get into, get together, glue, go in partners,
go in partnership, go into, go partners, grade, group, grouping,
guild, hang together, harmonize, herd together, hive,
hold together, hook up, hook up with, hookup, horde, huddle,
include, inclusion, incorporation, integration,
international agreement, join, join forces, join fortunes with,
join in, join together, join up, join up with, join with, junction,
junta, keep together, knot, lay together, league together,
league with, link, loop, lump together, machine, make common cause,
marriage, marry, marshal, mass, meet, meld, melding, merge, merger,
mill, mob, mobilize, muster, mutual-defense treaty,
nonaggression pact, order, organize, package, package deal,
paction, pair, pair off, partner, partnership, piece together,
pigeonhole, play ball, political machine, pull together,
put heads together, put together, rally, rally around, reciprocate,
rendezvous, ring, seethe, sign on, sign up, sneak in, society,
sodality, solder, solidification, sorority, span, splice,
stand together, stand up with, stick together, stream, surge,
swarm, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, take in,
take out membership, take up membership, tape, team up,
team up with, team with, throng, throw in together, throw in with,
tie, tie in, tie in with, tie up, tie up with, tie-in, tie-up,
tier, treaty, unification, unify, union, unionize, unite,
unite efforts, unite with, wed, wedding, weld, wheel,
work together, yoke
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