commonwealth 音标拼音: [k'ɑmənw
, ɛlθ]
n . 共和国,联邦
共和国,联邦
commonwealth n 1 :
the official name of some states in the United States (
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky )
and associated territories (
Puerto Rico )
2 :
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 " [
synonym : {
state }, {
nation }, {
country }, {
land },
{
commonwealth }, {
res publica }, {
body politic }]
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 :
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them [
synonym :
{
democracy }, {
republic }, {
commonwealth }]
Commonwealth \
Com "
mon *
wealth `\ (?;
277 ),
n . [
Common wealth well -
being .]
1 .
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary commonwealth . --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
This term is applied to governments which are considered as free or popular ,
but rarely ,
or improperly ,
to an absolute government .
The word signifies ,
strictly ,
the common well -
being or happiness ;
and hence ,
a form of government in which the general welfare is regarded rather than the welfare of any class .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
The whole body of people in a state ;
the public .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 . (
Eng .
Hist .)
Specifically ,
the form of government established on the death of Charles I .,
in 1649 ,
which existed under Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard ,
ending with the abdication of the latter in 1659 .
Syn :
State ;
realm ;
republic .
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1913 Webster ]
165 Moby Thesaurus words for "
commonwealth ":
Everyman ,
John Doe ,
Public ,
absolute monarchy ,
ally ,
archduchy ,
archdukedom ,
aristocracy ,
ashram ,
autarchy ,
autocracy ,
autonomy ,
body ,
body politic ,
buffer state ,
captive nation ,
caste ,
chieftaincy ,
chieftainry ,
citizenry ,
city -
state ,
clan ,
class ,
coalition government ,
colonialism ,
colony ,
common man ,
commonweal ,
commune ,
community ,
community at large ,
constituency ,
constitutional government ,
constitutional monarchy ,
country ,
county ,
cultural community ,
democracy ,
dictatorship ,
domain ,
dominion ,
dominion rule ,
duarchy ,
duchy ,
dukedom ,
duumvirate ,
dwellers ,
dyarchy ,
earldom ,
economic class ,
empery ,
empire ,
endogamous group ,
estate ,
everybody ,
everyman ,
everyone ,
everywoman ,
extended family ,
family ,
federal government ,
federation ,
feudal system ,
folk ,
folks ,
free city ,
garrison state ,
general public ,
gens ,
gentry ,
gerontocracy ,
grand duchy ,
habitancy ,
heteronomy ,
hierarchy ,
hierocracy ,
home rule ,
inhabitants ,
kingdom ,
kinship group ,
land ,
limited monarchy ,
linguistic community ,
mandant ,
mandate ,
mandated territory ,
mandatee ,
mandatory ,
martial law ,
men ,
meritocracy ,
militarism ,
military government ,
mob rule ,
mobocracy ,
moiety ,
monarchy ,
nation ,
nationality ,
neocolonialism ,
nuclear family ,
ochlocracy ,
oligarchy ,
order ,
pantisocracy ,
patriarchate ,
patriarchy ,
people ,
people at large ,
people in general ,
persons ,
phratria ,
phratry ,
phyle ,
police state ,
polis ,
polity ,
populace ,
population ,
possession ,
power ,
principality ,
principate ,
protectorate ,
province ,
public ,
puppet government ,
puppet regime ,
pure democracy ,
realm ,
regency ,
representative democracy ,
representative government ,
republic ,
satellite ,
self -
determination ,
self -
government ,
seneschalty ,
settlement ,
social class ,
social democracy ,
society ,
sovereign nation ,
speech community ,
state ,
stratocracy ,
subcaste ,
sultanate ,
superpower ,
technocracy ,
territory ,
thearchy ,
theocracy ,
toparchia ,
toparchy ,
totalitarian government ,
totalitarian regime ,
totem ,
triarchy ,
triumvirate ,
tyranny ,
welfare state ,
whole people ,
world ,
you and me COMMONWEALTH ,
government .
A commonwealth is properly a free state ,
or republic ,
having a popular or representative government .
The term has been ,
applied to the government of Great Britain .
It is not applicable to absolute governments .
The states composing the United States are ,
properly ,
so many commonwealths .
2 .
It is a settled principle ,
that no sovereign power is amenable to answer suits ,
either in its own courts or in those of a foreign country ,
unless by its own consent .
4 Yeates ,
494 .
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