Both Uses of
allegiance
in
The Return of the King
- There had already been much talk in the citadel about Mithrandir's companion and his long closeting with the Lord; and rumour declared that a Prince of the Halflings had come out of the North to offer allegiance to Gondor and five thousand swords.†
Chpt 5.1
- For at Erech there stands yet a black stone that was brought, it was said, from Numenor by Isildur; and it was set upon a hill, and upon it the King of the Mountains swore allegiance to him in the beginning of the realm of Gondor.†
Chpt 5.2 *
Definition:
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(allegiance) loyalty to a person, group, or cause