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Noun: commonalty  kó-mu-n(u)l-tee
Usage: archaic
  1. A class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank
    "In medieval times, the commonalty had limited rights compared to the nobility";
    - commonality [archaic], commons

Derived forms: commonalties

Type of: class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum