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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Comminité, -enité, n. Also: comineté, co(m)mynité, commenaty. [ME. comynetee, comynaté (14th c.), for comunité, after comyn, -in, -en ‘common’.] = Community. 1375 Barb. xx. 128.
All the lordis at thar war, And als of the comminite, Maid hym manrent and fewte c1460 Consail Wys Man 225.
Strif nocht agains a comynite, Na with kirkmen in na degree c1420 Wynt. v. 3893 (E).
Of [the] quere I rede that ȝe Pas amang the commynite 1493 Charter (Reg. H.) No. 582.
The saide cominete [of Ruglen] has rasignyt … all the assedacion in few that the said cominete hade [etc.] 1549 Corr. M. Lorraine 302.
To find thua or thre of the maist substantius merchandis within the touin to maik yow paiment for the haill commenaty