commonalty /ˈkɒmənəlti/ noun5 •The common people; the commonality.The people were averse to him, as the supposed author of the violence on the monasteries; establishments which were still revered and beloved by the commonalty. — 1759 •A class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank; commoners.[…] and all the people wholly for this gentleness, first the estates both high and low, and after the commonalty cried at once: Sir Launcelot hath won the field whosoever say nay. — 1889 •The state or quality of having things in common.Some individuals fight the expectation that they ought to be part of any such "we," while others eagerly seek a sense of commonalty. — 2000 •A shared feature. •A group of things having similar characteristics. formscommonalties
