SC - Commonwealths - OT

[Wolfger von Sibenburgen]

Webster's has the following definitions (at least the ones that apply)
for "commonwealth"

2 : a nation, state, or other political unit: as 
a : one founded on law and united by compact or tacit agreement of the
people for the common good. <snip> 

4 : a state of the U.S. -- used officially of Kentucky, Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania, and Virginia

5 capitalized : a federal union of constituent states -- used
officially of Australia

6 often capitalized : an association of self-governing autonomous
states more or less loosely associated in a common allegiance (as to
the British crown)

7 often capitalized : a political unit having local autonomy but
voluntarily united with the U.S. -- used officially of Puerto Rico and
of the Northern Mariana Islands 

_________________________________________________________
DO YOU YAHOO!?
Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

============================================================================

To be removed from the SCA-Cooks mailing list, please send a message to
Majordomo at Ansteorra.ORG with the message body of "unsubscribe SCA-Cooks".

============================================================================