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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Communaté, n. Also: comwna(w)té. [ME. com(m)unauté (c 1290), OF. communauté, -alté. Cf. Commonaté.]

1. One of the three Estates of the realm. 1397 Acts I. 208/1.
It is … ordanyt with assent of the thre communatez thare beande that ilke schiref [etc.] 1398 Ib. 212/1.
The thre communatez has grantit contribucion

2. A community or the general body of this. c1420 Wynt. v. 3893.
Owt off the quere I rede yhe ga And bwte, amang the comwnawte, Byd thar youre oportunyte Ib. viii. 5551.
For to sawfe his comwnate Than wyth the wardane tretyde he 1553 Lanark B. Rec. 26.
The balyeis, consall, and communate ordanis every nychtbur to answer to uther howbeit tha be techit at evin