Thesaurus: commune

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1. v. i. To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
2. v. i. To receive the communion; to partake of the eucharist or Lord's supper.
3. n. Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends.
4. n. The commonalty; the common people.
5. n. 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.
6. n. Absolute municipal self-government.
7. n. the smallest administrative district of several European countries
8. n. a body of people or families living together and sharing everything
9. v. communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity
10. v. receive Communion, in the Catholic church
11. 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. Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends. For days of happy commune dead. Tennyson. 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 terrotorial 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.
12. Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation betweenfriends.For days of happy commune dead. Tennyson.