Commonwealth

/kˈɒmənwˌɛlθ/

/ˈkɑmənˌwɛɫθ/

[noun]

Commonwealth

[NOUN]

a politically organized body of people under a single government

synonyms : body politic

the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)

a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

synonyms : democracy

republic

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

the political structure during a period in the history of the UK between 1649 and 1660, called the interregnum, during which the country was ruled without a king or queen

Examples

1. The other form of citizenship is Commonwealth citizenship.

2. Your commonwealth is with you.

3. He imagined the commonwealth as a great tree.

4. Commonwealth, do you have a memorandum of law?