Commonalty
[kɒmәnәlti]
Definition
(noun.) a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank.
Typist: Preston--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The common people; those classes and conditions of people who are below the rank of nobility; the commons.
(n.) The majority or bulk of mankind.
Editor: Rochelle
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. The common people (below the orders of nobility), the lower classes.
Edited by Dwight
Examples
- Moreover, there is little evidence that the commonalty felt cheated by the priests, or had anything but trust and affection for the early priesthoods. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We have cited the enthusiasm of the commonalty for the First Crusade as marking a new phase in social history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The British got votes because they wanted them; the Irish commonalty got votes because the English did. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The religious teacher found the profit-seeker at his side, unexpectedly eager to get the commonalty, if not educated, at least trained. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I admire that admiration which the genteel world sometimes extends to the commonalty. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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