commonweal
Americannoun
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the common welfare; the public good.
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Archaic. the body politic; a commonwealth.
noun
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the good of the community
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another name for commonwealth
Etymology
Origin of commonweal
First recorded in 1350–1400, commonweal is from Middle English comen wele. See common, weal 1
Example Sentences
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They met when Sitman, then an editor at Commonweal Magazine, asked Adler-Bell to write book reviews.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024
It's basically the same argument I made three years ago in "Scrapping the Color Code," in Commonweal.
From Salon • Nov. 10, 2024
You don’t mix politics and religion this way,’” Lear said in a 1992 interview with Commonweal magazine.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2023
McClay is a critic, an essayist and a contributing editor at The Hedgehog Review and a contributing writer at Commonweal.
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2021
For a long time he provided the weekly cartoons for the Socialist organs, Justice and The Commonweal.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
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