commonalty
- commonalty
- commonalty com"mon*al*ty, commonality com`mon*al"i*ty, n.;
pl. {Commonalties}. [OF. communalt['e]; F. communaut['e], fr.
communal. See {Communal}.]
1. The common people; those classes and conditions of people
who are below the rank of nobility; the commons.
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The commonalty, like the nobility, are divided into
several degrees. --Blackstone.
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The ancient fare of our kings differed from that of
the commonalty in plenteousness only. --Landon.
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2. The majority or bulk of mankind. [Obs.] --Hooker.
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commonalty — index community, populace, population, public Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
commonalty — [käm′ən əl tē] n. pl. commonalties [ME & OFr communalte: see COMMUNAL] 1. the common people; people not of the upper classes 2. a general body or group 3. a corporation or its membership … English World dictionary
Commonalty — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Commonalty >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 commonalty commonalty democracy Sgm: N 1 obscurity obscurity Sgm: N 1 low condition low condition low life low society low company Sgm: N 1 bourgeoisie bourgeoisie … English dictionary for students
commonalty — [ kɒmən(ə)lti] noun [treated as plural] (the commonalty) chiefly historical people without special rank or position, regarded as an estate of the realm. Origin ME: from OFr. comunalte, from med. L. communalitas, from L. communis (see common) … English new terms dictionary
commonalty — noun (plural ties) Etymology: Middle English communalte, from Anglo French comunalté, from comunal communal Date: 14th century 1. a. (1) the common people (2) the political estate formed by the common people … New Collegiate Dictionary
commonalty — /kom euh nl tee/, n., pl. commonalties. 1. Also, commonality. the ordinary people, as distinguished from those with authority, rank, station, etc.; the common people. 2. an incorporated body or its members. [1250 1300; ME < MF comunalte, equiv.… … Universalium
commonalty — noun a) The common people; the commonality b) A group of things having similar characteristics … Wiktionary
commonalty — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The common people: common (used in plural), commonality, commoner (used in plural), crowd, hoi polloi, mass (used in plural), mob, pleb (used in plural), plebeian (used in plural), populace, public, ruck1, third estate … English dictionary for students
commonalty — sb. 1302 B … Oldest English Words
commonalty — com·mon·al·ty || kÉ’mÉ™nltɪ n. simple folk, common people, commonality; society, association; member of an association … English contemporary dictionary
