Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Commonalty \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.