Definitions
a trite or obvious remark
Word origin
From French banalité, from banal, equivalent to banal + -ity.
Used in a sentence
“The law of banality, one of the most oppressive products of feudalism, was revived for the advantage of the nobility.”
“Other banalities included the lord's exclusive right to hunt over the land, his monopoly over fishing, and his right to keep the dove-cote whose feathery occupants ate a peasant's standing crops.”
“In fact corvées, champarts, and rights of banality not only continued but had been increased in the course of the seventeenth century.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Dull commonplace remark”8 letters
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