† menialtyn.
Obsolete.
1. The condition of being a menial.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > menial servant or drudge > condition of
menialty1581
menialism1832
meniality1906
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxviii. 177 From the lowest in menaltie, to the highest in mistriship.
2. With plural agreement. Persons of menial rank collectively.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > persons of the lowest class (collectively)
chenaille1340
offal?a1425
putaylea1425
ribaldail1489
abject1526
offscouring1526
dreg1531
outsweeping1535
braggery1548
ribaldry1550
raff1557
sink1574
cattle1579
offscum1579
rabble1579
baggagery1589
scum1590
waste1592
menialty1593
baggage1603
froth1603
refuse1603
tag-rag1609
retriment1615
trasha1616
recrement1622
silts1636
garbage1648
riffle-raffle1668
raffle1670
riff-raff1678
scurf1688
mob1693
scouring1721
ribble-rabble1771
sweeping1799
clamjamphrie1816
ragabash1823
scruff1836
residuum1851
talent1882
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 91 The vulgar menialty conclude, therefore it [sc. the Plague] is like to encrease.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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