common weal
- a variation of commonweal.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Is shaming undeserved when people give not a second’s thought to the common weal?
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2012
The word took root in Renaissance Europe as an equivalent for the old Roman res publica, i.e., the public good or the common weal.
From Time Magazine Archive
In Denver, they have buried the hatchet, brought out the peace dove, shaken hands, spoken words of mutual praise, given up things for the common weal.
From Time Magazine Archive
In developing Associated, said he, Hopson had worked tirelessly for the common weal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Even the schisms of party-bigotry had yielded for a moment to the common weal.
From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
