plebeiateEtymologyFrom plebeian + -ate (forms noun denoting rank or office, a body of people involved with it).nounThe class of plebeians or common citizens.“Those writers, on the other hand, who take a more aristocratic view of early institutions, and consider the ceorls as an essentially inferior class, would look upon "commendation" as their original and necessary condition. The Roman plebeiate is of course an argument for the latter view.”