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Commw.

Commw. is the abbreviation of commonwealth.

Meaning of commonwealth

Noun

commonwealth (plural commonwealths)

  1. (obsolete) The well-being of a community.
  2. The entirety of a (secular) society, a polity, a state.
    • Remeber I saye yt ye were at that tyme wt oute Christ and were reputed aliantes from the comen welth [πολιτεία (politeía)] of Israel and were straugers fro the testamentes of promes and had no hope and were with out god in this worlde.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Ephesians ij:[12]
  3. Republic. Often capitalized, as Commonwealth.
    • Be it declared and enacted by this present Parliament and by the Authoritie of the same That the People of England and of all the Dominions and Territoryes thereunto belonging are and shall be and are hereby constituted, made, established, and confirmed to be a Commonwealth and free State And shall...1649, Act of the Long Parliament

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Questions about Commw.

What is Commw. the abbreviation of?
Commw. is the abbreviation of commonwealth.

Words near Commw. in the dictionary

  1. commutings
  2. commutive
  3. commutivity
  4. commutual
  5. commutuality
  6. Commw.
  7. commy
  8. comnctn
  9. comnctns
  10. Comneni
  11. Comnenian

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