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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 [ˈkɒmjʊnəl]
adj
1. (Sociology) belonging or relating to a community as a whole
2. (Sociology) relating to different groups within a society communal strife
3. (Sociology) of or relating to a commune or a religious community
communality  [ˌkɒmjʊˈnælɪtɪ] n
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 Communal violence broke out in different parts of the country
2. public, shared, general, joint, collective, communistic The inmates ate in a communal dining room.
public single, private, individual, personal, exclusive, unshared
Translations
communal [ˈkɒmjuːnl] ADJ [property, ownership] → comunal; [living room, dining room, facilities] → común; [activities] → comunitario

communal [ˈkɒmjʊnəl] adj
[life] → communautaire
(= for common use) [dining-room, kitchen, bathroom] → commun(e)

communal
adj
(= of a community)Gemeinde-; communal lifeGemeinschaftsleben nt
(= owned, used in common)gemeinsam; bathroom, kitchen alsoGemeinschafts-

communal [ˈkɒmjuːnl] adj (facilities) → in comune; (for common use) → pubblico/a; (life) → di comunità
communal [ˈkɒmjuːnl] adj (facilities) → in comune; (for common use) → pubblico/a; (life) → di comunità

communal commune


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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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