commonalty

com·mon·al·ty  (km-nl-t)

n. pl. com·mon·al·ties

1. The common people as opposed to the upper classes. Also called commonality.

2. An incorporated body; a corporation.

3. An entire group: the commonalty of laypeople.

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[Middle English communalte, from Old French comunalte, from Medieval Latin commnlits, from Late Latin commnlis, of the community; see communal.]

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commonalty [ˈkɒmənəltɪ]

n pl -ties

1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the ordinary people as distinct from those with authority, rank, or title, esp when considered as a political and social unit or estate of the realm Compare third estate

2. (Law) the members of an incorporated society

[from Old French comunalte, from comunal communal]

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Commonalty, Commonty the community; the common people; the corporate body of a town or city.

Thesaurus

Noun

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commonalty - a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank commonality, commons social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class - people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"

Translations

commonalty

n (form) the commonalty → die Bürgerlichen pl