Weal-public
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Weal-public is a noun meaning (archaic, historical) the state; commonwealth; the body politic; the public weal.
Meaning
(archaic, historical) the state; commonwealth; the body politic; the public weal.
Example Sentences
A few years later Sir Thomas More staged a fictional debate in his Utopia between the author, Cardinal Morton, the explorer Raphael, and a lawyer, in which all applied the concept of the weal public to assess English society.
“For whereas your Plato judgeth that weal publics shall by this means attain perfect felicity,” More explained in his extended dialogue, "either if philosophers be kings, or else if kings give themselves to the study of philosophy […]”
Word Forms
- weal-publics
- wealpublic
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include commonweal, wealsman, weald, wealh, commune, wild.
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