Definition of Commone
Com*mune" (?), v. i. [imp.
& p. p. Communed (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Communing.] [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.
Com"mune (?), n. Communion;
sympathetic intercourse or conversation between
friends.
For days of happy commune dead.
Tennyson.
Com"mune (?), n. [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 territorial district in France
under the government of a mayor and municipal council; also, the
inhabitants, or the government, of such a district. See
Arrondissement.
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- 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
- (followed by with) To be together with; to contemplate or absorb.
He spent a week in the backcountry, communing with nature.
French
- administrative subdivision
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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