res publica
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of res publica
Literally, “public matter”
Example Sentences
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No European settlement, order, empire, commonwealth, res publica, Reich, concert, entente, axis, alliance, coalition or union lasts for ever.
From The Guardian ● May 9, 2019
The Romans referred to their new system as res publica, a republic.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
Instead, they established a republic, from the Latin phrase res publica, which means “public affairs.”
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 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
Moreover they have a perfect community, a society in which nobody could think of property, except as a state affair, a public thing, or as the Romans would say a res publica.
From Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn by Hearn, Lafcadio
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