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Communally

[kuh-myoon-l, kom-yuh-nl]

Origin

adjective

used or shared in common by everyone in a group: a communal jug of wine.

of, by, or belonging to the people of a community; shared or participated in by the public: communal land; Building the playground was a communal project.

pertaining to a commune or a community: communal life.

engaged in by or involving two or more communities: communal conflict.

Origin:
1805–15; < French < Latin commūnālis, equivalent to commūn(e) commune³ + -ālis -al¹

Related forms

com·mu·nal·ly, adverb

in·ter·com·mu·nal, adjective

non·com·mu·nal, adjective

non·com·mu·nal·ly, adverb

un·com·mu·nal, adjective

Synonyms
2. public, common, collective.

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communal (ˈkɒmjʊn^əl)

—*adj*
1.	belonging or relating to a community as a whole
2.	relating to different groups within a society: communal strife
3.	of or relating to a commune or a religious community

communality

—n

'communally

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

communal

from Fr. communal (O.Fr. comunal, 12c.), from L.L. communalis, from communa (see commune (n.)). From 1811 in ref. to communes; 1843 in ref. to communities.

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"Money talks" because money is a metaphor, a transfer, and a bridge. Like words and language, money is a storehouse of communally achieved work, skill, and experience. Money, however, is also a specialist technology like writing; and as writing intensifies the visual aspect of speech and order, and as the clock visually separates time from space, so money separates work from the other social functions. Even today money is a language for translating the work of the farmer into the work of the barber, doctor, engineer, or plumber. As a vast social metaphor, bridge, or translator, money—like writing—speeds up exchange and tightens the bonds of interdependence in any community. It gives great spatial expansion and control to political organizations, just as writing does, or the calendar"

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