Res publica

//ɹeɪz.ˈpʊb.lɪ.kə// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The common good, as identified with the wider state; the commonwealth, the body politic. uncountable

    "At the same time the Roman-barbarian regna distinguished themselves from the res publica."

  2. 2
    a politically organized body of people under a single government wordnet

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin rēs pūblica. Doublet of republic.

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