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Commonwealth
Commonwealth Com"mon*wealth` (?; 277), n. [Common + wealth
well-being.]
1. A state; a body politic consisting of a certain number of
men, united, by compact or tacit agreement, under one form
of government and system of laws.
The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary
commonwealth. --Milton.
Note: This term is applied to governments which are
considered as free or popular, but rarely, or
improperly, to an absolute government. The word
signifies, strictly, the common well-being or
happiness; and hence, a form of government in which the
general welfare is regarded rather than the welfare of
any class.
2. The whole body of people in a state; the public.
3. (Eng. Hist.) Specifically, the form of government
established on the death of Charles I., in 1649, which
existed under Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard, ending
with the abdication of the latter in 1659.
Syn: State; realm; republic.
Meaning of Commonwealths from wikipedia
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official style Commonwealth of
Dominica since 1978. Four
states of the
United States of
America officially designate themselves as "
commonwealths". All four...
- The
Commonwealth of Nations,
often referred to as the
British Commonwealth or
simply the
Commonwealth, is an
international ****ociation of 56
member states...
- Australia,
officially the
Commonwealth of Australia, is a
country comprising the
mainland of the
Australian continent, the
island of
Tasmania and numerous...
- Constitution; however, the term
commonwealth was also used in one of its articles. Two U.S.
territories are also
designated as
commonwealths:
Puerto Rico and the...
- This is a list of
National Historic Landmarks in U.S.
commonwealths and territories, ****ociated states, and
foreign states.
Included are
lists of National...
- A
Bible Commonwealth is a term used to
describe colonies such as M****achusetts Bay and New Haven,
during the
majority of the
early North American Colonial...
- Virginia,
officially the
Commonwealth of Virginia, is a
state in the
Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic
regions of the
United States between the
Atlantic Coast...
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Charles M. The
Fathers of New England: A
Chronicle of the
Puritan Commonwealths (1919),
short survey Conforti,
Joseph A.
Imagining New England: Explorations...
- The
Commonwealth Games is a
quadrennial international multi-sport
event among athletes from the
Commonwealth of Nations,
which consists mostly, but not...
- 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was
Queen of the
United Kingdom and
other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952
until her
death in 2022. She had been queen...
