| Pronunciation: | | 'eylyunij
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WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] the quality of being alien |
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ALIENAGE is a 8 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | alienism |
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| | See Also: | | curiousness, foreignness, strangeness |
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Al"ien*age\, n. [Cf. OF. ali['e]nage.]
1. The state or legal condition of being an alien.
Note: The disabilities of alienage are removable by
naturalization or by special license from the State of
residence, and in some of the United States by
declaration of intention of naturalization. --Kent.
Wharton.
Estates forfeitable on account of alienage.
--Story.
2. The state of being alienated or transferred to another.
--Brougham.
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