commonwealth

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Regno Unito//ˈkɒmənˌwɛlθ//
Canada//ˈkɑmənˌwɛlθ//
Australia//ˈkɔmənˌwɛlθ//
Nuova Zelanda//ˈkɒmənˌwelθ//

The entirety of a (secular) society, a polity, a state.

sostantivo

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obsoletoThe well-being of a community.
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The entirety of a (secular) society, a polity, a state.
Remeber I saye yt ye were at that tyme wt oute Christ and were reputed aliantes from the comen welth [πολιτεία (politeía)] of Israel and were straugers fro the testamentes of promes and had no hope and were with out god in this worlde.
I'th' commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things, for no kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate[…]
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Republic. Often capitalized, as Commonwealth.

Etimologia

From common (“public”) + wealth (“well-being”). From c. 1450 as common wele (commonweal). In the form common-wealth (common welthe) from c. 1520, used by Tyndale in the sense "secular society" in particular, for which other authors preferred publike weal. Also from the 1520s treated as a synonym or loan-translation of res publica (republic) (Rollison 2017:67f).

Forme

plurale: commonwealths

commonly · As a rule; frequently; usually.commons · A public area, especially a dining hall, at a college or…Commons · The House of Commons, part of the parliament under the…

commonwealth · The entirety of a (secular) society, a polity, a state.

Commonwealth · The Commonwealth of Nations, a loose confederation of nations…commotion · A state of turbulent motion.communal · Pertaining to a community or a commune.

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