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Definitions for commonalty
ˈkɒm ə nl ticom·mon·al·ty
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Princeton's WordNet
commonalty, commonality, commonsnoun
a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
Wiktionary
commonaltynoun
The common people; the commonality
commonaltynoun
A group of things having similar characteristics
commonaltynoun
A class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Commonaltynoun
Etymology: communautè, French.
Bid him strive
To gain the love o’ th’ commonalty; the duke
Shall govern England. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.There is in every state, as we know, two portions of subjects; the nobles and the commonalty. Francis Bacon, Essay 16.
The emmet joined in her popular tribes
Of commonalty. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. vii. l. 489.All gentlemen are almost obliged to it; and I know no reason we should give that advantage to the commonalty of England, to be foremost in brave actions. John Dryden, An. Mir. Pref. to.
I myself too will use the secret acknowledgment of the commonalty bearing record of the God of Gods. Richard Hooker, b. iii.
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commonalty
Commonalty refers to the general population or ordinary people as a collective group, as opposed to the nobility or elite class. It can also refer to shared characteristics or features, common interests, or a community with common rights.
Webster Dictionary
Commonaltynoun
the common people; those classes and conditions of people who are below the rank of nobility; the commons
Commonaltynoun
the majority or bulk of mankind
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of commonalty in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of commonalty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of commonalty in a Sentence
There is a rabble among the gentry as well as the commonalty; a sort of plebeian heads whose fancy moves with the same wheel as these men?in the same level with mechanics, though their fortunes do sometimes gild their infirmities and their purses compound for their follies.
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