Commonweal
[kɒmәnwi:l]
Definition
(n.) Commonwealth.
Typist: Mag
Definition
n. the common or public good: the government in a free state: the public or whole body of the people: a form of government in which the power rests with the people esp. that in England after the overthrow of Charles I.
Editor: Melinda
Examples
- Once his strong hand lay still, England fell away from this premature attempt to realize a righteous commonweal of free men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They are the three riddles of the sphinx of fate, to which the human commonweal must find an answer or perish. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It did at least set aside the individualism of Machiavellian monarchy and declare that there was a human or at any rate a European commonweal. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was a complete recognition of the unalienable sovereignty of states, and a repudiation of the idea of an over-riding commonweal of mankind. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Private enterprise will be the servant--a useful, valued, and well-rewarded servant--and no longer the robber master of the commonweal. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They did nothing to develop the consciousness of a world commonweal overriding sovereigns and foreign offices. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Suzy