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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the quality of being alien;
[syn: alienage, alienism]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Alienage \Al"ien*age\, n. [Cf. OF. ali['e]nage.] 1. The state or legal condition of being an alien. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Estates forfeitable on account of alienage. --Story. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being alienated or transferred to another. --Brougham. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

alienage n 1: the quality of being alien [syn: alienage, alienism]