[ noun ] a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank <noun.group>
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.