Definition of Commonwealth

Noun: commonwealth  'kó-mun,welth

  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 commonwealth has elected a new president";
    - state, nation, country, land, 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
    - republic
Noun: Commonwealth
  1. An association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown
    - British Commonwealth, Commonwealth of Nations

See also:
commonweals
commonwealths