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nouna politically organized body of people under a single government
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nouna political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent themtype of:
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nouna world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another
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nounthe official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)
Parts of commonwealth
- "estate"
- "estate of the realm"
- "the three estates"