comunalte

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === communalte, communaute comminalte, cominalte, commalte, comnalte, comonalte, comynalte (Late Middle English) comownate, comwnawte (Early Scots) === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman comunalte, comunaute, probably from an alteration of communité, from Latin commūnitās; by surface analysis, comunal +‎ -te. Compare comunalite. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔˌmiu̯nalˈteː/, /kɔˈmiu̯nalteː/, /-au̯-/ IPA(key): /ˈkɔmunalteː/, /ˈkɔm(ə)nalteː/ (remodelled after initial-stress variants of comun) === Noun === comunalte (uncountable) A national, regional, or municipal community. The members of a guild or brotherhood. (England, rare) The medieval House of Commons. (Christianity, theology, rare) The communion of saints; the body of Christian believers. ==== Descendants ==== English: commonalty Middle Scots: commonatie, communate; commonaltye, commouneltie ==== References ==== “commū̆naltẹ̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.