\Com"mon*al*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.