† civil-wealth Obs. ? nonce-wd.
[f. civil after commonwealth.]
The commonwealth or state in its civil or secular capacity.
| 1547 Bp. Hooper Answ. Bp. Winchester's Bk. Wks. (Parker Soc.) 144 Euery man's office and duty..whether it be towards God or man: and whether he be minister in the church, or in the civil-wealth. |