3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] The commonalty, like the nobility, are divided into several degrees. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] The ancient fare of our kings differed from that of the commonalty in plenteousness only. --Landon. [1913 Webster] 2. The majority or bulk of mankind. [Obs.] --Hooker. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: commonalty n : class composed of persons lacking noble or knightly or gentle rank [syn: {commonality}, {commons}] From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]: COMMONALTY, Eng. law. This word signifies, 1st. the common people of England, as contradistinguished from the king and the nobles; 2d. the body of a society as the masters, wardens, and commonalty of such a society.
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