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<h1>Communalistic</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com`mu*nal*is"tic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to communalism.</def>

<h1>Commune</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com*mune"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Communed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Communing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>communier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>communicare</ets> to communicate, fr. <ets>communis</ets> common. See <er>Common</er>, and cf. <er>Communicate</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.</def>

<blockquote>I would <b>commune</b> with you of such things That want no ear but yours. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To receive the communion; to partake of the eucharist or Lord's supper.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>commune</b> under both kinds. <i>Bp. Burnet.</i></blockquote>

<cs><mcol><col>To commune with one's self</col> &or; <col>one's heart</col></mcol>, <cd>to think; to reflect; to meditate.</cd></cs>

<h1>Commune</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com"mune</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends.</def>

<blockquote>For days of happy <b>commune</b> dead. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Commune</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com"mune</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. <ets>commun</ets>. See <er>Common</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The commonalty; the common people.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>In this struggle -- to use the technical words of the time -- of the "<b>commune</b>", the general mass of the inhabitants, against the "prudhommes" or "wiser" few. <i>J. R. Green.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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 <er>Arrondissement</er>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Absolute municipal self-government.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>The Commune of Paris</col>, &or; <col>The Commune</col></mcol> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>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."</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>The revolutionary government, modeled on the commune of 1792, which the communists, so called, attempted to establish in 1871.</cd></cs>

<h1>Communicability</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com*mu`ni*ca*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>communicabilit\'82</ets>.]</ety> <def>The quality of being communicable; capability of being imparted.</def>

<h1>Communicable</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com*mu"ni*ca*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>communicable</ets>, LL. <ets>communicabilis</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Capable of being communicated, or imparted; <as>as, a <ex>communicable</ex> disease; <ex>communicable</ex> knowledge.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Communicative; free-speaking.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Com*mu"ni*ca*ble*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt> -- <wf>Com*mu"ni*ca"bly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Communicant</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com*mu"ni*cant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>communicans</ets>, p. pr.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who partakes of, or is entitled to partake of, the sacrament of the Lord's supper; a church member.</def>

<blockquote>A never-failing monthly <b>communicant</b>. <i>Atterbury.</i></blockquote>