commonwealth

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And as a commonwealth is a government of laws and not of men, so is this the principality of virtue, and not of man; if that fail or set in one, it rises in another who is created his immediate successor.

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  1. noun The people of a nation or state; the body politic.
  2. noun A nation or state governed by the people; a republic.
  3. noun Used to refer to some U.S. states, namely, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
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  • Check your assumptions at the door and take nothing for granted - because this commonwealth is about to become the epicenter of the political universe. —  PA Pundits - International
  • Warren, Shenandoah, Clarke counties and many others across the commonwealth are all considering proposals to adjust or —  Daily News-Record
  • Pennsylvania's looming budget deficit presents an opportunity to ensure the commonwealth will be able to compete with other states and the rest of the world when we emerge from this economic downturn. —  centralpennbusiness.com Daily
  • Beshear said the commonwealth is asking for two things: —  WLEX - LEX 18 News
  • Are we at liberty to follow these indications, and to lay down that the commonwealth is a collection of persons united by common descent from the progenitor of an original family? —  Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society
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  1. from common + wealth; equivalent to commonweal, the earlier termination
 

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/ˈkɑmənˈwɛlθ/
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