单词 | commonality |
释义 | commonalityn. a. The body of citizens or inhabitants of a town or borough; the people of a nation, state, city, etc., considered collectively; = commonalty n. 1a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > [noun] commonaltyc1300 commonweal?a1400 commonality?c1400 commonwealth1445 weal-public1495 weal1513 society1566 public1621 leviathan1651 community1737 general public1854 collectivity1881 (le) tout Paris1894 John Q.1922 Joe Citizen1932 ?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) i. pr. iv. l. 271 Yif it so by-felle þat þe gouernours of communalites studieden in grete wisdomes. c1503 R. Arnold Chron. f. xij/2 At the supplicacion of the Mayre Sherefs and communalyte of the cite of London to vs mekely Imade. 1662 W. Dugdale Hist. Imbanking & Drayning Fens xi. 19/1 Twelve lawful men should be made choice of, by the Commonality of the said Marsh. 1682 tr. J. Goedaert Of Insects v. 98 This commonality also has its Kings or Captaine as the Noble Bees, by whom they are governed. b. A self-governing commonwealth, a republic, a democracy; = commonalty n. 1b. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > state ruled by the people democracy1539 commonwealth1542 state1565 free state1567 commonalty1604 republic1604 people-state1606 populacy1632 peopledom1657 commonality1680 rep1701 commonweal1733 pantarchy1870 1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified 284 Some..have their Kings, others live by Hords or Commonalities. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [noun] > the generality commona1382 commonalty1547 generality?1570 commonality1647 the ruck1847 1647 Hampton-Court Conspiracy 2 The Popes Bull, to wit Mr. Peters, who must roare the Catholick Commonality out of the Allegiance, into the coxcomb community of sublunary creatures. 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. ii. 416 The common use and understanding of the Commonality of Christians. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > guild of medieval origin guild?a1000 guildshipa1000 company1389 fellowship1418 commonalty1423 commonality1648 mastership1822 university2000 1648 (title) The case of the commonality of the corporation of weavers of London truly stated. 1687 London Gaz. No. 2288/1 The humble Address of the..Mystery and Commonality of Barbers and Surgeons. 1709 A. Boyer Hist. Reign Queen Anne: Year the Seventh App. 58 That the Corporations and Commonalites of Artificers and Traders, and the Watermen of the said City, shall be preserv'd and maintain'd. 4. Chiefly Scottish. Ordinary people as distinguished from the aristocracy or upper classes; commoners or common people regarded as a class or group. Cf. commonalty n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > [noun] folkc888 peoplea1325 frapec1330 commona1350 common peoplea1382 commonsa1382 commontya1387 communityc1400 meiniec1400 commonaltya1425 commonsa1500 vulgarsa1513 many1526 meinie1532 multitude1535 the many-headed beast (also monster)1537 number1542 ignobility1546 commonitya1550 popular1554 populace1572 popularya1578 vulgarity?1577 populacya1583 rout1589 the vulgar1590 plebs1591 mobile vulgusc1599 popularity1599 ignoble1603 the million1604 plebe1612 plebeity1614 the common filea1616 the herda1616 civils1644 commonality1649 democracy1656 menu1658 mobile1676 crowd1683 vulgusa1687 mob1691 Pimlico parliament?1774 citizenry1795 polloi1803 demos1831 many-headed1836 hoi polloi1837 the masses1837 citizenhood1843 John Q.1922 wimble-wamble1937 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > local government body > [noun] > town or borough council corporation1463 Common Council1467 consulatea1513 state1516 town council1637 commonality1649 regency1704 communa1711 municipality1790 municipal corporation1833 commune1837 borough council1879 municipy1882 1649 Resol. & Remonstr. Navie sig. A3 The Commonalty of a Kingdom, though a great body, hath a quick sence. 1793 Antigallican 81 An army may as well consist of solders [sic], as a state, especially one which is of great extent, of a communality without a gentry, or a gentry without a communality. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad I. i. 18 All the commonality of Scotland. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 1 Feb. 10/1 We can only..describe Shakespeare's attitude towards commonality as that of a scoffer, not an interpreter. 1996 C. I. Macafee Conc. Ulster Dict. 73/1 Commonality, commonalty: (a) the common people; (b) the middle classes. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > owning > [noun] > collective ownership commontya1425 communitya1475 commonness1530 commonality1680 collectivity1872 1680 J. Lougher Treat. Souls Union with Christ 33 Now in regard of the Commonality of the works to Souls not United, as well as unto Souls United, they can be no Evidences of Union. 6. The fact of having a quality or qualities in common; possession of shared values, features, etc. Also: a shared quality or feature. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > sharing > [noun] > quality of being shared commoning?c1450 commonness1530 commonalty1841 crossover1892 commonality1894 sharedness1894 1894 L. E. Keith Female Filosofy 31 Where is the commonality between a sane woman and an insane man? 1947 R. Davis-Dubois in L. Bryson Approaches to Group Understanding i. 2 We need..to find ways to reunite ourselves in order to sense both our individuality and our commonality. 1977 Dædalus Fall p. vii One would therefore expect that the commonalities of the sciences, in particular their shared philosophical underpinnings, would now be more evident than ever. 2003 Dirty Linen June 62/2 North Africans are finding more points of cultural commonality with Atlantic Celts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?c1400 |
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