Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To be in a state of intimate, heightened sensitivity and receptivity, as with one's surroundings.
- intransitive verb To receive the Eucharist.
- noun A relatively small, often rural community whose members share common interests, work, and income and often own property collectively.
- noun The people in such a community.
- noun The smallest local political division of various European countries, governed by a mayor and municipal council.
- noun A local community organized with a government for promoting local interests.
- noun A municipal corporation in the Middle Ages.
- noun The revolutionary group that controlled the government of Paris from 1789 to 1794.
- noun The insurrectionary, socialist government that controlled Paris from March 18 to May 28, 1871.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English comunen, to have common dealings with, converse, from Old French communer, to make common, share (from commun, common; see common) and perhaps from Old French communier, to share in the Communion (from Late Latin commūnicāre, from Latin, to communicate; see communicate).]
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[French, independent municipality, from Old French comugne, from Medieval Latin commūnia, community, from neuter of Latin commūnis, common; see mei- in Indo-European roots.]
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