weal-public

English

Alternative forms

• weal public

Etymology

From weal +‎ public.

Noun

weal-public (plural weal-publics)

1. (archaic, historical) the state; commonwealth; the body politic; the public weal
   • 2011, Michael Hicks, Richard III:

     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.

   • 2012, Mark R. Levin, Ameritopia: The Unmaking of America:

     “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 […] ”