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Commonalties

commonalty \com"mon*al*ty\, commonality \com`mon*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. Commonalties. [OF. communalt['e]; F. communaut['e], fr. communal. See Communal.]

  1. The common people; those classes and conditions of people who are below the rank of nobility; the commons.

    The commonalty, like the nobility, are divided into several degrees.
    --Blackstone.

    The ancient fare of our kings differed from that of the commonalty in plenteousness only.
    --Landon.

  2. The majority or bulk of mankind. [Obs.]
    --Hooker.

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commonalties

n. (plural of commonalty English)

Usage examples of "commonalties".

Upright bipeds, albeit one tailless, they shared physical commonalties he could not hope, despite his best efforts, to emulate.

It is natural then, given such commonalties, and abused and despised by free women, that they should often seek out one another’s company.