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.
COMMUNICABILITY
Com*mu`ni*ca*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. communicabilité.]
Defn: The quality of being communicable; capability of being imparted.
COMMUNICABLE
Com*mu"ni*ca*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. communicable, LL. communicabilis.]
1. Capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a communicable disease; communicable knowledge.
2. Communicative; free-speaking. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
— Com*mu"ni*ca*ble*ness, n.
— Com*mu"ni*ca"bly, adv.
COMMUNICANT
Com*mu"ni*cant, n. Etym: [L. communicans, p. pr.]
1. One who partakes of, or is entitled to partake of, the sacrament of the Lord's supper; a church member. A never-failing monthly communicant. Atterbury.
2. One who communicates. Foxe.
COMMUNICANT
Com*mu"ni*cant, a.