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"Commonwealth" in a Sentence (18 examples)
Soviet and Western observers have warned that if the Muslim republics do not join the commonwealth, they may from a separate group, setting up a volatile ethnic and religious split.
The oligarchic character of the modern English commonwealth does not rest, like many oligarchies, on the cruelty of the rich to the poor. It does not even rest on the kindness of the rich to the poor. It rests on the perennial and unfailing kindness of the poor to the rich.
I think putting thieves to death is not lawful; and it is plain and obvious that it is absurd and of ill consequence to the commonwealth that a thief and a murderer should be equally punished.
Barbados is a member of the Commonwealth.
For what the soul is to the body, a good prince is to the commonwealth.
In 1935, the Philippines became a self-governing commonwealth.
The islands became an independent state within the British Commonwealth of Nations in 1981.
The British Commonwealth of Nations is unable to let go of power.
In a statement, the palace said, "After discussing the arrangements with the Royal Household, the Queen has asked The Prince of Wales to represent Her Majesty" at the Commonwealth Day service.
King Charles III was formally proclaimed as Britain’s monarch and head of the Commonwealth Saturday, in a ceremony that traces its history back several hundred years.
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Remeber I saye yt ye were at that tyme wt oute Christ and were reputed aliantes from the comen welth [πολιτεία (politeía)] of Israel and were straugers fro the testamentes of promes and had no hope and were with out god in this worlde.
I'th' commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things, for no kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate[…]
1649, Act of the Long Parliament Be it declared and enacted by this present Parliament and by the Authoritie of the same That the People of England and of all the Dominions and Territoryes thereunto belonging are and shall be and are hereby constituted, made, established, and confirmed to be a Commonwealth and free State And shall from henceforth be Governed as a Commonwealth and Free State by the supreame Authoritie of this Nation, the Representatives of the People in Parliam[ent] and by such as they shall appoint and constitute as Officers and Ministers under them for the good of the People and that without any King or House of Lords.
Mozambique joined the Commonwealth in 1995, although it had not been a part of the British Empire.
Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, being former British colonies, are the only Southeast Asian member countries of the Commonwealth.
As a Commonwealth citizen, you are eligible to vote in United Kingdom elections.
Near-synonyms: Protectorate; Interregnum
Mr. Martin was found guilty of defrauding the Commonwealth by making false welfare claims.
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