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com·mon·al·ty       [kom-uh-nl-tee] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -ties.
1.Also, commonality. the ordinary people, as distinguished from those with authority, rank, station, etc.; the common people.
2.an incorporated body or its members.
[Origin: 1250–1300; ME < MF comunalte, equiv. to comunal- communal + -te -ty2; r. ME communaute < OF]
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com·mon·al·ty       (kŏm'ə-nəl-tē)  Pronunciation Key 
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.


[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

noun
a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank 

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Commonalty

Com"mon*al*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.

The commonalty, like the nobility, are divided into several degrees. --Blackstone.

The ancient fare of our kings differed from that of the commonalty in plenteousness only. --Landon.

2. The majority or bulk of mankind. [Obs.] --Hooker.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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