커먼웰쓰 commonwealth
1.역사적으로 1649년 제 1차 영국혁명 시기부터 1660년 ‘왕정 복고’까지 잉글랜드 국가 이름이 Commonwealth 커먼웰스 였음.
그 이후 영국의 세계 지배, 제국주의 시절. 영연방, The British Commonwealth.
2 (보통) 나라,국가 혹은 정치적 통일체. 다음과 같은 정치적 단위,통일체.
공동선(공동 좋음)을 위해, 사람들의 계약 혹은 암묵적 동의로 뭉친, 법에 기초한 나라,국가, 정치공동체.
1469-1660 잉글리시 커먼웰쓰. 올리버 크롬웰이 잉글리시 스코트랜드 아일랜드 커먼웰쓰의 '호민관 Lord
Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland)이라고 자신을 부름.
(재임 기간 16 December 1653 – 3 September 1658
noun
com·mon·wealth ˈkä-mən-ˌwelth also -ˌweltth
1 나라,국가 혹은 정치적 통일체. 다음과 같은 정치적 단위,통일체
: a nation, state, or other political unit: such as
a.공동선(공동 좋음)을 위해, 사람들의 계약 혹은 암묵적 동의에 의해 통일되고 법에 기초한 나라,국가, 정치공동체.
: one founded on law and united by compact or tacit agreement of the people for the common good
b.
: one in which supreme authority is vested in the people
c
: REPUBLIC
2
: a state of the U.S. —used officially of Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
3. Commonwealth (대문자) 푸에토 리코와 같은. 지방 자율성을 가지고 있지만, 자발적으로 미국과 연합한 정치적 한 구성부분.
often capitalized : a political unit having local autonomy but voluntarily united with the U.S. —used officially of Puerto Rico and of the Northern Mariana Islands
4 (대문자 Commonwealth) 자치 자율 국가들의 연합 (협회)
often capitalized : an association of self-governing autonomous states more or less loosely associated in a common allegiance (as to the British crown)
5
capitalized
a. 1649년 제 1차 영국혁명 시기부터 1660년 ‘왕정 복고’까지 잉글랜드 국가 이름이 Commonwealth 커먼웰스 였음.
: the English state from the death of Charles I in 1649 to the Restoration in 1660
b
: PROTECTORATE sense 1b
6
capitalized : a federal union of constituent states —used officially of Australia
7
archaic : COMMONWEAL sense 2
Synonyms
country
land
nation
sovereignty
sovranty
state
Examples of commonwealth in a Sentence
laws that will benefit all the citizens of the commonwealth
Recent Examples on the Web
The parental frustration that stemmed from the pandemic was widespread in school boards across the commonwealth and country.
—Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2023
Pardons and exonerations have largely focused on those executed in Salem, which leaves nearly 200 others unaccounted for, including those who were accused, imprisoned, indicted or lived elsewhere in the commonwealth.
—Kim Bellware, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023
Residents in the commonwealth of Virginia have six more days to file their 2022 state income taxes to qualify for a tax rebate of up to $400.
—Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 26 Oct. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 7
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