commonage
Americannoun
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the joint use of anything, especially a pasture.
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the state of being held in common.
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something that is so held, as land.
noun
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law
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the use of something, esp a pasture, in common with others
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the right to such use
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the state of being held in common
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something held in common, such as land
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another word for commonalty
Etymology
Origin of commonage
Example Sentences
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The whole baronetage, peerage, and commonage of England did not contain a more cunning, mean, foolish, disreputable old rogue than Sir Pitt Crawley.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
In 1663, there was a “house called the Goat at Little Chelsea,” which, between that year and 1713, enjoyed the p. 95right of commonage for two cows and one heifer upon Chelsea Heath.
From A Walk from London to Fulham by F. W. (Frederick William) Fairholt
No parcelling out of the land forbids him to improve to the least advantage the portion he possesses, and no right of commonage, belonging to many, prevents each from deriving profit from his share.
From The Empire of the East by H. B. (Helen Barrett) Montgomery
In the evening we heard that the enemy were at Glen Lennie on their way to Harrismith, and that a patrol had already reached the town commonage.
From Through Shot and Flame The Adventures and Experiences of J. D. Kestell Chaplain to President Steyn and General Christian De Wet by J. D. (John Daniel) Kestell
The rights of men are liberty and an equal participation in the commonage of nature.”
From The Radicalism of Shelley and Its Sources by Daniel J. MacDonald
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