Search Result for "commonality":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1. a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank;
[syn: commonalty, commonality, commons]
2. sharing of common attributes;
[syn: commonality, commonness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
commonality \com`mon*al"i*ty\ n. 1. the sharing of common attributes. Syn: commonness. [WordNet 1.5] 2. a characteristic held in common; a common feature. [PJC] commonaltyThe Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. [1913 Webster] The commonalty, like the nobility, are divided into several degrees. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster] The ancient fare of our kings differed from that of the commonalty in plenteousness only. --Landon. [1913 Webster] 2. The majority or bulk of mankind. [Obs.] --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
