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Commune Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Commune? [n] a body of people or families living together and sharing everything [n] the smallest administrative district of several European countries (Belgium and France and Italy and Switzerland) [v] communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity; "He seemed to commune with nature" [v] receive Communion, in the Catholic church Synonyms \| Synonyms for Commune: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Commune: archbishopric \| archdiocese \| arrondissement \| ashram \| bailiwick \| bishopric \| body \| borough \| canton \| caste \| city \| clan \| class \| colony \| commonage \| commoners \| commonwealth \| community \| congressional district \| constablewick \| county \| departement \| diocese \| district \| duchy \| economic class \| electoral district \| electorate \| endogamous group \| extended family \| family \| gens \| government \| hamlet \| hundred \| kinship group \| Kreis \| magistracy \| metropolis \| metropolitan area \| moiety \| nuclear family \| oblast \| okrug \| order \| parish \| people \| phratria \| phratry \| phyle \| plebeians \| plebes \| populace \| precinct \| principality \| province \| rank and file \| region \| riding \| settlement \| sheriffalty \| sheriffwick \| shire \| shrievalty \| social class \| society \| soke \| stake \| state \| subcaste \| territory \| third estate \| totem \| town \| township \| village \| wapentake \| ward See Also \| administrative district \| administrative division \| assemblage \| communicate \| covenant \| gathering \| intercommunicate \| pray \| territorial division Commune In Webster's Dictionary \Com*mune"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Communed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Communing}.] [OF. communier, fr. L. communicare to communicate, fr. communis common. See {Common}, and cf. {Communicate}.] 1. To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel. I would commune with you of such things That want no ear but yours. --Shak. 2. To receive the communion; to partake of the eucharist or Lord's supper. To commune under both kinds. --Bp. Burnet. {To commune with one's self} or {one's heart}, to think; to reflect; to meditate. \Com"mune\, n. Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends. For days of happy commune dead. --Tennyson. \Com"mune\, n. [F., fr. commun. See {Common}.] 1. The commonalty; the common people. [Obs.] --Chaucer. In this struggle -- to use the technical words of the time -- of the ``commune'', the general mass of the inhabitants, against the ``prudhommes'' or ``wiser'' few. --J. R. Green. 2. A small territorial district in France under the government of a mayor and municipal council; also, the inhabitants, or the government, of such a district. See {Arrondissement}. 3. Absolute municipal self-government. {The Commune of Paris}, or {The Commune} (a) The government established in Paris (1792-94) by a usurpation of supreme power on the part of representatives chosen by the communes; the period of its continuance is known as the ``Reign of Terror.'' (b) The revolutionary government, modeled on the commune of 1792, which the communists, so called, attempted to establish in 1871.

Commune Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Commune?

[n] a body of people or families living together and sharing everything
[n] the smallest administrative district of several European countries (Belgium and France and Italy and Switzerland)
[v] communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity; "He seemed to commune with nature"
[v] receive Communion, in the Catholic church

Synonyms | Synonyms for Commune:

Commune In Webster's Dictionary

\Com*mune"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Communed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Communing}.] [OF. communier, fr. L. communicare to
communicate, fr. communis common. See {Common}, and cf.
{Communicate}.]
1. To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to
   interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.

         I would commune with you of such things That want no
         ear but yours.                        --Shak.

2. To receive the communion; to partake of the eucharist or
   Lord's supper.

         To commune under both kinds.          --Bp. Burnet.

{To commune with one's self} or {one's heart}, to think; to
   reflect; to meditate.


\Com"mune\, n.
Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between
friends.

      For days of happy commune dead.          --Tennyson.


\Com"mune\, n. [F., fr. commun. See {Common}.]
1. The commonalty; the common people. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

         In this struggle -- to use the technical words of
         the time -- of the ``commune'', the general mass of
         the inhabitants, against the ``prudhommes'' or
         ``wiser'' few.                        --J. R. Green.

2. A small territorial district in France under the
   government of a mayor and municipal council; also, the
   inhabitants, or the government, of such a district. See
   {Arrondissement}.

3. Absolute municipal self-government.

{The Commune of Paris}, or {The Commune}
   (a) The government established in Paris (1792-94) by a
       usurpation of supreme power on the part of
       representatives chosen by the communes; the period of
       its continuance is known as the ``Reign of Terror.''
   (b) The revolutionary government, modeled on the commune
       of 1792, which the communists, so called, attempted to
       establish in 1871.

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