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/ˈkämənˌwelTH/,
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commonwealths, plural;
  1. An independent country or community, esp. a democratic republic

  2. An aggregate or grouping of countries or other bodies

  3. A community or organization of shared interests in a nonpolitical field
    • - the Christian commonwealth
    • - the commonwealth of letters
  4. A self-governing unit voluntarily grouped with the US, such as Puerto Rico

  5. A formal title of some of the states of the US, esp. Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia

  6. The title of the federated Australian states

  7. The republican period of government in Britain between the execution of Charles I in 1649 and the Restoration of Charles II in 1660

  8. An international association consisting of the UK together with states that were previously part of the British Empire, and dependencies. The British monarch is the symbolic head of the Commonwealth

  9. The general good

  1. the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)
  2. state: a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
  3. a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another
  4. democracy: a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
  5. Commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically, it has sometimes been synonymous with "republic".
  6. Commonwealth is the title of a 1981 album by progressive bluegrass band New Grass Revival on the Flying Fish label. This album was the last one for two band members, Courtney Johnson and Curtis Burch, who cited fatigue with the band's touring schedule.
  7. Commonwealth is a book by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri. It completes a trilogy which includes Empire and .
  8. Commonwealth Projects is the creative studio founded by Daniel Desure in 2007. The studio is co-run by Desure and Serge Kirsanov. Commonwealth Projects is a multi-disciplinary creative studio that explores the intersection of art, design, film, and architecture. ...
  9. The Commonwealth of England was the republic which ruled first England, and then Ireland and Scotland from 1649 to 1660. Between 1653–1659 it was known as the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. ...
  10. Commonwealth is the third full novel written by the American author Joey Goebel.
  11. A form of government, named for the concept that everything that is not owned by specific individuals or groups is owned collectively by everyone in the governmental unit, as opposed to a state, where the state itself owns such things; Approximately, a republic
  12. An association of the United Kingdom and other sovereign countries that are former British territories or protectorates
  13. Group of friendly countries almost all of which were once part of the British Empire.
  14. The political settlement of the early Republican period (1649- 53)
  15. Voluntary association with historical origins in the British Empire, made up of 54 countries.
  16. An association of independent states that promotes cooperation, consultation, and mutual assistance among members. However, such association has no treaty or constitution. For example, the British Commonwealth.
  17. Form of government adopted after the execution of Charles I in 1649. By 1653, this republican experiment was compromised when Cromwell gave himself overarching powers. ...
  18. 1649: Robert Netterville, p., S.J., died at Drogheda, 19 June, of a severe beating with sticks; John Bath, p., S. J., and his brother Thomas, secular priest, Dominic Dillon, O.P., prior at Urlar, Richard Oveton, O.P., prior at Athy, Peter Taaffe, O.S.A. ...
  19. The Commonwealth of Australia and its agencies, employees, servants and agents.
  20. a government in which politcal and economic principles and practices accrue to the benefit of all members of society
  21. Commonwealth furniture is also known as Puritan, Cromwellian and Middle Jacobean. Commonwealth furniture was a design devoid of ornate style. This style was characterized as straight and severe. Pieces were square and rectangle. Sturdy underbracing was used on chairs. ...
  22. The association of 52 mostly ex-colonial States headed by the Queen. She is the actual Head of State in 14 of them, while others are republics or have their own monarchs.
  23. An established form of government, or civil polity; or more generally a state; a body politic, consisting of a certain portion of men united by compact or tacit agreement, under one form of government and system of laws. (#1 NW 1828)
  24. A free association of self governing units.
  25. similar in meaning to common good. The term originated in seventeenth century political thought. The idea was that all members of a society had certain common interests which contributed to the good of all (originally called the "common weal") and which they should therefore pursue and protect.