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[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.
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   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.
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               Estates forfeitable on account of alienage.
                                                  --Story.
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   2. The state of being alienated or transferred to another.
      --Brougham.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
alienage
    n 1: the quality of being alien [syn: alienage, alienism]