allegiance
/əˈliːdʒəns/noun
mass noun
- loyalty or commitment of a subordinate to a superior or of an individual to a group or cause忠诚, 拥护：
those wishing to receive citizenship must swear allegiance to the republic
想要获得公民资格者必须宣誓忠于共和国
count noun a complex pattern of cross-party allegiances.一种跨党效忠的复杂模式。
词源
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French， variant of Old French ligeance, from lige, liege （see LIEGE）， perhaps by association with Anglo-Latin alligantia 'alliance'.