commonalty

com·mon·al·ty

 (kŏm′ə-nəl-tē)

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 commūnālitās, from Late Latin commūnālis, 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

[C13: from Old French comunalte, from comunal communal]

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com•mon•al•ty

(ˈkɒm ə nl ti)

n., pl. -ties.

1. the common people, as distinguished from those with authority, rank, station, or the like.

2. an incorporated body or its members.

[1250–1300; Middle English comunalte, communaute < Old French, =communau–, comunal- communal]

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Commonalty, Commonty

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

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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"

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commonalty

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, ruck, third estate.

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Translations

universalità

commonalty

n (form) the commonalty → die Bürgerlichen pl

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