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† pleˈbeity Obs. rare.
Also 7 plebeyity.
[f. L. plēbēi-us plebeian + -ity: cf. laity, nobility, etc.; L. had plēbitās *plebity.]
1. The lower or plebeian class; the commonalty.
1618Wotton in Reliq. (1651) 190 The Plebeyity (whose supream Object is Bread) cried in all corners, Viva Donato. 1656Blount Glossogr., Plebeity, the commonalty, the vulgar people.
2. Plebeian rank or birth.
1679Jenison's Popish Plot Pref. 7 That..his Extraction may advance him above the common exceptions of Lowness and Plebeity, which inferiour Testimonies are subject to. |