Definition of Weal

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Definition of Weal

Weal

The mark of a stripe. See Wale.

To mark with stripes. See Wale.

A sound, healthy, or prosperous state of a person or thing; prosperity; happiness; welfare.

The body politic; the state; common wealth.

To promote the weal of; to cause to be prosperous.

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Weal Quotations

No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
Michel de Montaigne

It will, of course, be understood that directly or indirectly, soon or late, every advance in the sciences of human nature will contribute to our success in controlling human nature and changing it to the advantage of the common weal.
Edward Thorndike

Weal Translations

weal in German is Schwiele, Wohl

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