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.]

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]

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]

Commonalty, Commonty

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

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"

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.

Translations

universalità

commonalty

n (form) the commonalty → die Bürgerlichen pl