Cryptic crossword clue
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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 12 letter word COMMONWEALTH

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What does COMMONWEALTH mean?

COMMONWEALTH noun
  1. The well-being of a community.
  2. The entirety of a (secular) society, a polity, a state.
  3. Republic. Often capitalized, as Commonwealth.

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