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单词 commonweal
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commonwealn.

Brit. /ˈkɒmənwiːl/, U.S. /ˈkɑmənˌwil/
Forms: see common adj. and adv. and weal n.1
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: common adj., weal n.1
Etymology: < common adj. + weal n.1 Compare later commonwealth n. With sense 2 compare slightly earlier common good n. 1.Originally (and in sense 1 still occasionally) spelt as two words; compare general weal , public weal (for both, see weal n.1), weal-public n., and also public good n. at public adj. and n. Compounds 1b and the foreign-language parallels cited at that entry. Compare also classical Latin rēs publica republic n. and rēs commūnis.
Now archaic.
1. The people of a nation, state, etc., as a whole; a state, nation, or independent community, esp. viewed as an entity in which the whole population has a voice or interest; = commonwealth n. 1a.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > [noun]
commonaltyc1300
commonweal?a1400
commonality?c1400
commonwealth1445
weal-public1495
weal1513
society1566
public1621
leviathan1651
community1737
general public1854
collectivity1881
(le) tout Paris1894
John Q.1922
Joe Citizen1932
the world > people > nations > [noun] > commonwealth
commonweal?a1400
commonwealth1445
society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun]
commona1382
commontya1382
policya1393
communitya1398
commonweal?a1400
politic1429
commonwealth1445
well public1447
public thinga1450
public weala1470
body politica1475
weal-public1495
statea1500
politic bodyc1537
body1545
public state1546
civil-wealth1547
republic?1549
state1553
polity1555
publica1586
estate1605
corps politic1696
negara1955
negeri1958
?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) (1996) ii. l. 4961 Þe comen wele was paied of þat conseilyng þat it were not delaied, so was Richard þe kyng.
c1450 in H. Anstey Epistolae Academicae Oxon. (1898) I. 285 (MED) Þe complesshynge off oure desyre, whych concernyth all þe commen wele off oure saide Universite.
1548 H. Latimer Notable Serm. sig. B.viv Wherefore are magistrates ordayned, but that the tranquillitye of the commune weale maye bee confirmed.
1606 R. Knolles tr. J. Bodin Six Bks. Common-weale i. v. 38 The state of Families and Commonweals is alwaies in daunger of trouble and ruine, by the conspiracie of slaues combining themselues together: all Histories being full of seruile rebellions and warres.
1726 J. Thomson Winter 11 Solon, the next, who built his Commonweal, On Equity's firm Base.
1862 C. Kingsley Alton Locke (new ed.) Pref. p. xxiii The most truly liberal-minded class of the commonweal.
2008 New Yorker 15 Sept. 84/3 More damaging to the common weal than internecine brawling is the sheer amount of pontificating..and prognosticating and chest puffing that is engaged in by the cast of dubious characters who are given a forum on cable-news programs.
2. Common well-being; esp. the general good, welfare, or prosperity of a community or country as a whole; = commonwealth n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > relation in respect of > general or public
wealth1390
common gooda1393
the sum of things?c1400
public good1427
commonweal1429
weal1444
commonwealtha1450
public weala1470
common publicc1475
weal-public1495
public wealth1541
public welfare1579
publica1586
public interest1591
the public (also general) concern1707
summa rerum1715
1429–30 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Sept. 1429 §62. m. 2 Þe seid inhabitauntz ben susteners and supportours of alle hem þat done contrarie to þe welfare and gode governance made..for commun welle of alle þis roiaume.
c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 191 They [sc. the Kentish insurgents] wente, as they sayde, for the comyn wele of the realme of Ingelonde.
1542 A. Borde Compend. Regyment Helth Pref. sig. A.iii I do it for a common weele [1547 a common weale].
1553 Queen Mary I in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1822) III. ii. 171 (App. i. 3) As shall avaunce Gods glory and the commonweal.
1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 157 To the Commonweale and Prosperity of our Subiects.
1793 W. Preston Democratic Rage iii. iii. 49 I detest All luke-warm counsels and ambiguous paths, That steer, 'twixt tyranny and common weal.
1874 F. Seebohm Protestant Revol. (1887) 7 Citizens for whose common weal the nation is to be governed.
1978 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 72 962/1 Any reasonable inequality can be justified as long as it contributes to the substantive commonweal or at least does not endanger citizens.
2004 BusinessWeek 9 Aug. 75/1 In a Googlish spirit of sharing information toward the commonweal, here are some ideas.
3. A republic or democratic state; = commonwealth n. 3. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use for poetic reasons.
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > state ruled by the people
democracy1539
commonwealth1542
state1565
free state1567
commonalty1604
republic1604
people-state1606
populacy1632
peopledom1657
commonality1680
rep1701
commonweal1733
pantarchy1870
1733 J. Swift On Poetry 22 They plot to turn in factious Zeal, Duncenia to a Common-weal.

Compounds

Christian commonweal n. now chiefly historical and rare Christian people collectively; Christendom.
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society > faith > sect > Christianity > [noun] > domain of
ChristendomOE
Christianitya1300
Christdomc1500
husbandry1526
Christiandom1548
Christian commonweal1559
1559 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1725) I. App. viii. 20 The Christian commonweale is decayed.
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes To Rdr. The..state of the Christian commonweale..might..mooue euen a right stonie heart to ruth.
1798 T. L. O'Beirne Serm. 43 We have seen the conspiracy..subvert, throughout a great portion of the Christian commonweal, religion, morals, social order.
1874 Spectator 3 Jan. 20/2 One of the deepest problems which has ever perplexed humanity—namely, the compatibility of extreme luxury with the widest civilisation or Christian common weal.
1974 Notre Dame Eng. Jrnl. 9 57 The Victorian essayist agrees with this youthful self that war does serve the Christian commonweal.
commonweal man n. Obsolete a man who is devoted to the interests of a commonwealth; a patriot; = commonwealth man n. 1.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > public-spiritedness > [noun] > person
commonwealth man1556
commonweal man1587
wealsmana1616
republican1691
national1766
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. xii. 200 Ridding goode Commonwealemen out of the way, that he may mainteyne himselfe still in his tyrannie.
1682 Carnal Prudence Display'd sig. Bv A wicked King breaking God's Holy Covenant, may by holy Commonweal-men be depos'd, for that the Spirit of the Lord is departed from him, and that he is no more Anointed; and by consequence no King.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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