'commonalty' definitions:
Definition of 'commonalty'
(from WordNet)
noun
A class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank [syn: commonalty, commonality, commons]
Definition of 'commonalty'
From: 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]