COMMUNALISTIC
Com`mu*nal*is"tic, a.
Defn: Pertaining to communalism.
COMMUNE
Com*mune", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Communed; p. pr. & vb. n. Communing.]
Etym: [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.
COMMUNE
Com"mune, n.
Defn: Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between
friends.
For days of happy commune dead. Tennyson.
COMMUNE
Com"mune, n. Etym: [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 terrotorial district in France under the government of a mayor and municipal council; also, the inhabitants, or the government, of such a district. See Arrondissement.