Meaning of res publica | Babel Free

Definitions

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

uncountable

Examples

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

“There was no question as yet of republicanism being on the agenda, other than in the old, weak sense of a res publica or commonwealth to which both ruler and ruled owed allegiance.”

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