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
The other involved his fifteen years as a Boy Scout, developing a passion for public service—“for the res publica” is how he put it.
From The New Yorker
I have my own issues with rights language as overly legalistic and individualistic, providing insufficient account of the moral role of the res publica.
From The Guardian
The res publica, the common weal, the phrase and the thought, meet one at every turn; and never were citizens more patient and tenacious combatants on their country’s behalf.
From Project Gutenberg
It is concerned, as the ancients had it, with 'that which is public or common', what the Greeks called τὸ κοινόν and the Romans res publica.
From Project Gutenberg
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