Sekirov Dictionary

commune

UK /ˈkɒmjuːn/US /ˈkɑmjuːn/

noun 5
/kəˈmjuːn/ verb 3
forms 5

noun5

A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community.
A local political division in many European countries as well as their former colonies (such as Chile and Vietnam).
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(historical) A self-governing city or league of citizens.
- In 1117 the commune and archbishop had separate consuls at Milan. — 1997
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(no longer used) Communion; sympathetic conversation between friends.
- For days of happy commune dead. — 1850
(no longer used) The commonalty; the common people.

commune

/kəˈmjuːn/

verb3

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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. — 1603
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To communicate (with) spiritually; to be together (with); to contemplate or absorb.
- He spent a week in the backcountry, communing with nature.
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To receive the communion.
- Namely, in these things, in prohibiting that none should commune alone, in making the People whole Communers, or in suffering them to Commune under both kinds […] — 1681

forms

communed · communing · communes · communeth · communest

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