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commonwealth

com.mon.wealth \-.welth\ n archaic  1: COMMONWEAL  2: a nation, state, or 
   other political unit : as  2a: one founded on law and united by compact or 
   tacit agreement of the peop le for the common good 2b: one in which supreme 
   authority is vested in the people  2c: REPUBLIC  cap  3a: the English state 
   from the death of Charles I in 1649 to the Restoratio n in 1660 3b: 
   PROTECTORATE  4: a state of the U.S. - used officially of Kentucky, 
   Massachusetts, Penn sylvania, and Virginia cap  5: a federal union of 
   constituent states - used officially of Australia  often cap  6: an 
   association of self-governing autonomous states having a somewhat com mon 
   political and cultural background and united by a common allegiance {the 
   British Commonwealth} often cap  7: a political unit having local autonomy 
   but voluntarily united with the U .s. - used officially of Puerto Rico