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commonweal
[ kom-uhn-weel ]
noun
- the common welfare; the public good.
- Archaic. the body politic; a commonwealth.
commonweal
/ ˈkɒmənˌwiːl /
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Word History and Origins
Origin of commonweal1
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Example Sentences
He was offered a job as literary editor of Commonweal, but “withstood the temptation.”
They are the three riddles of the sphinx of fate, to which the human commonweal must find an answer or perish.
They did nothing to develop the consciousness of a world commonweal overriding sovereigns and foreign offices.
Bonaparte represents an economic class, and that the most numerous in the commonweal of France—the Allotment Farmer.
Commonweal of this Realm of England, p. 49: “That which is possessed of many in common is neglected of all.”
The story ran as a serial through thirty-nine numbers of The Commonweal.
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