English

Noun

commonweal ‎(plural commonweals)

1. (obsolete or archaic) The common good.
   • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, book 2, ch. XIII, In Parliament

     He had to judge the people as justice Errant […]; to equip his milites, send them duly in war-time to the King; — strive every way that the Commonweal, in his quarter of it, take no damage.

Derived terms

• commonwealth