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commonalty

noun
/ˈkɒmənəlti/UK

Etymology

From Middle English comunalte, communalte, from Old French comunalté, comunauté (modern communauté), probably from an alteration of communité, from Latin commūnitās. Some senses are influenced by commonality.

  1. derived from commūnitās
  2. derived from comunalté
  3. inherited from comunalte

Definitions

  1. The common people

    The common people; the commonality.

    • The people were averse to him, as the supposed author of the violence on the monasteries; establishments which were still revered and beloved by the commonalty.
    • In much the same way do the commonalty lead their leaders in many other things, at the same time that the leaders little suspect it.

  2. A group of things having similar characteristics.

  3. A class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank

    A class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank; commoners.

    • […] and all the people wholly for this gentleness, first the estates both high and low, and after the commonalty cried at once: Sir Launcelot hath won the field whosoever say nay.
    • Second Citizen: Would you proceed especially against Caius Marcius? First Citizen: Against him first: he's a very dog to the commonalty.
    • The commonalty spoke of his mighty spear-thrust, of his deft sword-swing, the terror of his wrath, of the fury of his battle-lust, of his laughter and light joy, and the singing that was on his lips when his sword had the silence upon it.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The state or quality of having things in common.

      • Some individuals fight the expectation that they ought to be part of any such "we," while others eagerly seek a sense of commonalty.

    2. A shared feature.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA