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

Noun

pl -ties

1. the ordinary people

2. the members of an incorporated society

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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"