Commonalty

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  • noun. The common people as opposed to the upper classes.
  • noun. An incorporated body; a corporation.
  • noun. An entire group.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The public; the people; the multitude.
  • noun. Commonwealth; republic.
  • noun. Specifically, the common people.
  • noun. In republican countries, the mass of the inhabitants, as distinguished from those in authority.
  • noun. In a more restricted sense, the uneducated and uncultured, as distinguished from the learned and intelligent.
  • noun. In a city, the mass of citizens, as represented by or acting through the corporate authorities: as, the mayor, aldermen, and commonalty of the city of New York do enact as follows.
  • noun. The members of an incorporated company other than its officers.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The common people; those classes and conditions of people who are below the rank of nobility; the commons.
  • noun. The majority or bulk of mankind.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The common people; the commonality
  • noun. A group of things having similar characteristics
  • noun. A class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
  • Word Usage
    "John, 9, etc. That a man be liable to excommunication, there be many conditions requisite; as first, that he be a member of some commonalty, that is to say, of some lawful assembly, that is to say, of some Christian Church that hath power to judge of the cause for which he is to be excommunicated."
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    people