Word Meanings - COMMONWEAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Commonwealth. Such a prince, So kind a father of the commonweal. Shak.
Related words: (words related to COMMONWEAL)
- PRINCELESS
Without a prince. Fuller. - FATHER-LASHER
A European marine fish , allied to the sculpin; -- called also lucky proach. - PRINCEDOM
The jurisdiction, sovereignty, rank, or estate of a prince. Thrones, princedoms, powers, dominions, I reduce. Milton. - PRINCELY
1. Of or relating to a prince; regal; royal; of highest rank or authority; as, princely birth, character, fortune, etc. 2. Suitable for, or becoming to, a prince; grand; august; munificent; magnificent; as, princely virtues; a princely fortune. - PRINCEHOOD
Princeliness. E. Hall. - FATHERLESSNESS
The state of being without a father. - COMMONWEALTH
Specifically, the form of government established on the death of Charles I., in 1649, which existed under Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard, ending with the abdication of the latter in 1659. Syn. -- State; realm; republic. (more info) 1. A state; - FATHERLAND
One's native land; the native land of one's fathers or ancestors. - PRINCESSE
A term applied to a lady's long, close-fitting dress made with waist and skirt in one. - FATHER-IN-LAW
The father of one's husband or wife; -- correlative to son-in- law and daughter-in-law. Note: A man who marries a woman having children already, is sometimes, though erroneously, called their father-in-law. - FATHER
OHG. fatar, G. vater, Icel. Fa Sw. & Dan. fader, OIr. athir, L. pater, Gr. pitr, perh. fr. Skr. pa protect. Papa, Paternal, Patriot, 1. One who has begotten a child, whether son or daughter; a generator; a male parent. A wise son maketh a glad - PRINCE
1. The one of highest rank; one holding the highest place and authority; a sovereign; a monarch; -- originally applied to either sex, but now rarely applied to a female. Wyclif . Go, Michael, of celestial armies prince. Milton. Queen Elizabeth, - PRINCELET
A petty prince. - PRINCEWOOD
The wood of two small tropical American trees (Hamelia ventricosa, and Cordia gerascanthoides). It is brownish, veined with lighter color. - PRINCESS
1. A female prince; a woman having sovereign power, or the rank of a prince. Dryden. So excellent a princess as the present queen. Swift. 2. The daughter of a sovereign; a female member of a royal family. Shak. 3. The consort of a prince; as, the - FATHERLESS
1. Destitute of a living father; as, a fatherless child. 2. Without a known author. Beau. & Fl. - FATHERLY
1. Like a father in affection and care; paternal; tender; protecting; careful. You have showed a tender, fatherly regard. Shak. 2. Of or pertaining to a father. - FATHER LONGLEGS
See 2 - PRINCELIKE
Princely. Shak. - PRINCELINESS
The quality of being princely; the state, manner, or dignity of a prince. - GREAT-GRANDFATHER
The father of one's grandfather or grandmother. - GODFATHER
A man who becomes sponsor for a child at baptism, and makes himself a surety for its Christian training and instruction. There shall be for every Male-child to be baptized, when they can be had, two Godfathers and one Godmother; and for - FOREFATHER
One who precedes another in the line of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree; an ancestor. Respecting your forefathers, you would have been taught to respect yourselves. Burke. Forefathers' Day, the anniversary of the day on - STEPFATHER
The husband of one's mother by a subsequent marriage.