Word Definition

Commune

  1. Absolute municipal self-government.
  2. To receive the communion; to partake of the eucharist or Lord's supper.
  3. To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
  4. Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends.
  5. 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. The commonalty; the common people.