Commune
['kɒmjuːn]
Definition
(noun.) a body of people or families living together and sharing everything.
(noun.) the smallest administrative district of several European countries.
(verb.) communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity; 'He seemed to commune with nature'.
(verb.) receive Communion, in the Catholic church.
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Definition
(v. i.) To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
(v. i.) To receive the communion; to partake of the eucharist or Lord's supper.
(n.) Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends.
(n.) The commonalty; the common people.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Absolute municipal self-government.
Checker: Myrna
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Converse, communicate, discourse, speak, talk, hold intercourse.[2]. [U. S.] Receive the communion, partake of the Lord's Supper.
Editor: Segre
Definition
n. a corporation: in France a territorial division governed by a mayor.—The Commune at Paris in 1871 was a revolt against the national government the principle of the revolt being that each city or district should be ruled independently by its own commune or local government.—adj. Commū′nal (also Comm′unal).—ns. Communalisā′tion; Commū′nalism; Commū′nalist.
v.i. to converse or talk together: to have intercourse: to receive Holy Communion.—ns. Comm′une converse: talk; Commun′ing conversing: communion.
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Examples
- The insurgents gathered at the H?tel de Ville, and on the tenth of August the Commune launched an attack on the palace of the Tuileries. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- No doubt he hoped to antagonize Assembly and Commune, but the Assembly had none of the fighting spirit of the H?tel de Ville. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- History can be all things to all men: nothing is easier than to summon the Terror, the Commune, lynchings in the Southern States, as witnesses to the excesses and hysterias of the mob. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Will you commune less with his departed spirit, while you watch over and cultivate the rare excellence of his child? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The suffrage for the election of the notabilities of the commune was universal. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The Commune of Paris was practically in control of France. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The fierce vigour of the Commune dominated it. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- After more communing with herself next day, she arrived at the desperate conclusion of consulting Harry. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Do they think we are communing with a reserve force of rascals at the bottom? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The baseness of communing and intriguing with the fellow who would have set that stain upon her, and upon her brother too, was attained. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Bradley gave this answer in a stolid, vacant, and self-communing manner, which Mr Riderhood found very extraordinary. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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