commonalty

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(käm′ən əl tē)

noun pl. commonalties

  1. the common people; people not of the upper classes
  2. a general body or group
  3. a corporation or its membership

Origin: ME & OFr communalte: see communal

See commonalty in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun 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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Origin: Middle English communalte

Origin: , from Old French comunalte

Origin: , from Medieval Latin commūnālitās

Origin: , from Late Latin commūnālis, of the community; see communal

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