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Definition of Commonwealth
1. Noun. The official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico).
Specialized synonyms: Commonwealth Of Puerto Rico, Porto Rico, Pr, Puerto Rico
2. Noun. A politically organized body of people under a single government. "An industrialized land"
Specialized synonyms: Commonwealth Country, Developing Country, Dominion, Foreign Country, Reich, Renegade State, Rogue Nation, Rogue State, Suzerain, Sea Power, Great Power, Major Power, Power, Superpower, World Power, City State, City-state, Ally
Terms within: Estate, Estate Of The Realm, The Three Estates
Generic synonyms: Political Entity, Political Unit
Specialized synonyms: Eelam, Tamil Eelam
3. Noun. 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.
Generic synonyms: Global Organization, International Organisation, International Organization, World Organisation, World Organization
4. Noun. A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them.
Specialized synonyms: Weimar Republic, Parliamentary Democracy
Generic synonyms: Form Of Government, Political System
Derivative terms: Democratic, Democratize, Democratize
Definition of Commonwealth
1. n. A state; a body politic consisting of a certain number of men, united, by compact or tacit agreement, under one form of government and system of laws.
Definition of Commonwealth
1. Proper noun. The Commonwealth of Nations, a loose confederation of nations based around the former British Empire. ¹
2. Proper noun. (Australia) Australia, the Commonwealth of Australia, (non-gloss definition often referring to its federal government.) ¹
3. Proper noun. (context in _ Kentucky) Kentucky, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, (non-gloss definition often referring to its government.) ¹
4. Proper noun. (context in _ Massachusetts) Massachusetts, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, (non-gloss definition often referring to its government.) ¹
5. Proper noun. (context in _ Pennsylvania) Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, (non-gloss definition often referring to its government.) ¹
6. Proper noun. (context in _ Virginia) Virginia, the Commonwealth of Virginia, (non-gloss definition often referring to its government.) ¹
7. Noun. 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. ¹
8. Noun. Approximately, a republic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Commonwealth
1. [n -S]
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