generality

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

GENERAL'ITY, noun 1. The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars. 2. The main body; the bulk; the greatest part; as the generality of a nation or of mankind.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI

More founding-era words: liberty · virtue · republic · justice · providence · commerce · militia · arms · prudence · establishment · religion · usurpation · tyranny · citizen · unalienable · sovereign