- a group of sovereign states and their dependencies associated by their own choice and linked with common objectives and interests: the British Commonwealth.
- Commonwealth of Nations.
- a federation of states: the Commonwealth of Australia.
- a self-governing territory associated with the U.S.: official designation of Puerto Rico.
- the English government from the abolition of the monarchy in 1649 until the establishment of the Protectorate in 1653, sometimes extended to include the restoration of Charles II in 1660.
- the official designation (rather than “State”) of four states of the U.S.: Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
- any group of persons united by some common interest.
- the whole body of people of a nation or state; the body politic.
- a state in which the supreme power is held by the people; a republican or democratic state.
- the public welfare.
- the people of a state or nation viewed politically; body politic
- a state or nation in which the people possess sovereignty; republic
- the body politic organized for the general good
- a group of persons united by some common interest
- the general good; public welfare
- an association of sovereign states, almost all of which were at some time dependencies of the UK. All member states recognize the reigning British sovereign as Head of the Commonwealth
- the republic that existed in Britain from 1649 to 1660
- the part of this period up to 1653, when Cromwell became Protector
- the official designation of Australia, four states of the US (Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia), and Puerto Rico
