Weal, n. [OE. wele, AS. wela, weola, wealth, from wel well. See Well, adv., and cf. Wealth.]
1. A sound, healthy, or prosperous state of a person or thing; prosperity; happiness; welfare.
God... grant you wele and prosperity. Chaucer.
As we love the weal of our souls and bodies. Bacon.
To him linked in weal or woe. Milton.
Never was there a time when it more concerned the public weal that the character of the Parliament should stand high. Macaulay.
2. The body politic; the state; common wealth.
The special watchmen of our English weal. Shak.