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communal

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com·mu·nal  (k-mynl, kmy-)
adj.
1. Of or relating to a commune.
2. Of or relating to a community.
3.
a. Of, belonging to, or shared by the people of a community; public.
b. Marked by collective ownership and control of goods and property.

[French, from Late Latin commnlis, from Latin commnis, common; see common.]

commu·nali·ty (kmy-nl-t) n.
com·munal·ly adv.

communal
Adjective
1. belonging to or used by a community as a whole
2. of a commune
communally adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.communal - for or by a group rather than individuals; "dipping each his bread into a communal dish of stew"- Paul Roche; "a communal settlement in which all earnings and food were shared"; "a group effort"
common - belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public; "for the common good"; "common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community"
2.communal - relating to a small administrative district or community; "communal elections in several European countries"

communal
adjective 1. community, neighbourhood
adjective 2. public, shared, general, joint, collective, communistic << OPPOSITE private
Translations
Spanish communal [ˈkɔmjuːnl] adjcomunal; [kitchen] → común
French communal [ˈkɔmjuːnl] adj [life] → communautaire (= for common use); commun(e)
German communal [ˈkɔmjuːnl] adjgemeinsam, Gemeinschafts-;
(life) → Gemeinschafts-

Italian communal [ˈkɔmjuːnl] adj [life] → comunale (= for common use); pubblico/a

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" thought Pierre as he fell asleep, "to enter communal life completely, to be imbued by what makes them what they are.
He is learned in old manorial and communal rights, and he applies his knowledge sometimes in favour of the villagers of Fernworthy and sometimes against them, so that he is periodically either carried in triumph down the village street or else burned in effigy, according to his latest exploit.
Impossible to place our Cathedral in that other family of lofty, aerial churches, rich in painted windows and sculpture; pointed in form, bold in attitude; communal and bourgeois as political symbols; free, capricious, lawless, as a work of art; second transformation of architecture, no longer hieroglyphic, immovable and sacerdotal, but artistic, progressive, and popular, which begins at the return from the crusades, and ends with Louis IX.
 
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