Commonwealth Definition

kŏmən-wĕlth
noun
The people of a nation or state; body politic.
Webster's New World
A nation or state in which there is self-government; democracy or republic.
Webster's New World
Any state of the U.S.
Webster's New World
Used to refer to a self-governing, autonomous political unit voluntarily associated with the United States, namely, Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands.
American Heritage
Ky., Mass., Pa., or Va., which were so designated in their first constitutions.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

(in Kentucky) Kentucky, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, often referring to its government.

Wiktionary

The Commonwealth of Nations, a loose confederation of nations based around the former British Empire.

Mozambique joined the Commonwealth in 1995, although it had not been a part of the British Empire.
As a Commonwealth citizen, you are eligible to vote in United Kingdom elections.
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Other Word Forms of Commonwealth

Noun

Singular:
commonwealth
Plural:
commonwealths

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Commonwealth

  • the Commonwealth

Origin of Commonwealth

  • From 15th century, common (“public”) +‎ wealth (“well-being”). Expanded in the 17th century to mean "a state in which the supreme power is vested in the people; a republic or democratic state."

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Commonwealth Sentence Examples

  • The history of the Roman commonwealth illustrates this perhaps better than any other.'

  • The constitution of the commonwealth had slowly matured itself through a series of revolutions, which confirmed and defined a type of singular stability.

  • It is only in a commonwealth that a nobility can really rule; that is, it is only in a commonwealth that the nobility can really be an aristocracy.

  • All Boehme's works were translated into English in the time of the Commonwealth, and regular societies of Boehmenists were formed in England and Holland.

  • Among the city's clubs are the Westmoreland and the Commonwealth.

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