Commonalty
61Communities — Community Com*mu ni*ty, n.; pl. {Communities}. [L. communitas: cf. OF. communit[ e]. Cf. {Commonalty}, and see {Common}.] 1. Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods. [1913 Webster] The original community of all… …
62Community — Com*mu ni*ty, n.; pl. {Communities}. [L. communitas: cf. OF. communit[ e]. Cf. {Commonalty}, and see {Common}.] 1. Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods. [1913 Webster] The original community of all things. Locke …
63Doctors' Commons — Commons Com mons, n. pl., 1. The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled classes or nobility; the commonalty; the common people. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] T is like the commons, rude unpolished hinds, Could send such message to their… …
64Equites — Eq ui*tes . pl [L., pl. of eques a horseman.] (Rom. Antiq.) An order of knights holding a middle place between the senate and the commonalty; members of the Roman equestrian order. [1913 Webster] …
65Estate — Es*tate ([e^]s*t[=a]t ), n. [OF. estat, F. [ e]tat, L. status, fr. stare to stand. See {Stand}, and cf. {State}.] 1. Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation. When I came to man …
66Multitude — Mul ti*tude, n. [F. multitude, L. multitudo, multitudinis, fr. multus much, many; of unknown origin.] 1. A great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly. [1913 Webster] But when he saw the… …
67People — Peo ple, n. [OE. peple, people, OF. pueple, F. peuple, fr. L. populus. Cf. {Populage}, {Public}, {Pueblo}.] 1. The body of persons who compose a community, tribe, nation, or race; an aggregate of individuals forming a whole; a community; a nation …
68Plebs — (pl[e^]bz), n. [L. Cf. {Plebe}.] 1. The commonalty of ancient Rome who were citizens without the usual political rights; the plebeians; distinguished from the {patricians}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. Hence, the common people; the populace;… …
69Populace — Pop u*lace, n. [F. populace, fr. It. popolaccio, popolazzo, fr. popolo people, L. populus. See {People}.] The common people; the vulgar; the multitude, comprehending all persons not distinguished by rank, office, education, or profession. Pope.… …
70Proletarian — Prol e*ta ri*an, a. [L. proletarius. See Proletary.] Of or pertaining to the proletaries; belonging to the commonalty; hence, mean; vile; vulgar. Every citizen, if he were not a proletarian animal kept at the public cost. De Quincey. n. A… …
