The act of allying or uniting.
Marriage.
The persons or parties allied.
The state of being allied.
A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
The fact of being united as a whole.
The state or quality of being unique or one of a kind.