Commonalty

That a man be liable to Excommunication, there be many conditions requisite; as First, that he be a member of some Commonalty, that is to say, of some lawfull Assembly, that is to say, of some Christian Church, that hath power to judge of the cause for which hee is to bee Excommunicated.

Leviathan Thomas Hobbes 1633

On the contrary, Isidore says: “A law is an ordinance of the people, whereby something is sanctioned by the Elders together with the Commonalty.”

The Political Ideas of St. Thomas Aquinas Dino Bigongiari 1997

A Ranger of the Commonalty traveled in a very special ship.

Explorations ANDERSON, Poul 1981

We shall have the rest of our lives to learn about your Commonalty.

Explorations ANDERSON, Poul 1981

So what she had just said meant less than if a girl of the Commonalty had spoken.

Explorations ANDERSON, Poul 1981

And they are within the ambience of the Commonalty.

Explorations ANDERSON, Poul 1981

Also, the Commonalty does not have anything like a capital, or - But yes, I could guide you to the heart of civilization.

Explorations ANDERSON, Poul 1981

If you're to work with the Commonalty, and it's to help you make a fresh start, you have to show that that's worth the Commonalty's while.

Explorations ANDERSON, Poul 1981

They weren't going to like this on Esperance; the Commonalty looked down from a lofty moral position on the Polesotechnic League; but they weren't fanatical about it, and if this was the only way the job could be one-Wait "The Ancients," she objected.

Trader To The Stars Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1964

"Zuldhous," for which a rent of 2_s. _ was paid to the lord of the fee by certain Representatives of the "Commonalty."

The Customs of Old England