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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 simply referred to as the
Commonwealth, is an
international ****ociation of 56
member states, the vast
majority of which...
- 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...
- 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...
- The
Commonwealth Games is a
quadrennial international multi-sport
event among athletes from the
Commonwealth of Nations,
which consists mostly, but not...
- Australia,
officially the
Commonwealth of Australia, is a
country comprising the
mainland of the
Australian continent, the
island of
Tasmania and numerous...
-
Charles M. The
Fathers of New England: A
Chronicle of the
Puritan Commonwealths (1919),
short survey Conforti,
Joseph A.
Imagining New England: Explorations...
- The Polish–Lithuanian
Commonwealth,
formally known as the
Kingdom of
Poland and the
Grand Duchy of
Lithuania and also
referred to as Poland–Lithuania or...
-
including countries,
commonwealths,
disputed territories, and
other regions. LGBT
rights in La
Francophonie LGBT
rights in the
Commonwealth of
Nations LGBT...
- The
Commonwealth of
England was the
political structure during the
period from 1649 to 1660 when
England and Wales,
later along with
Ireland and Scotland...
