banality

noun3

1. •
   The quality of being banal.
2. •
   Something which is banal.
3. •
   (rare, historical) A feudal right or obligation, especially the obligation for a peasant to grind grain at the lord's mill, or the profits accruing from such rights.

   • The law of banality, one of the most oppressive products of feudalism, was revived for the advantage of the nobility. — 1892