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communal

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com⋅mu⋅nal

  [kuh-myoon-l, kom-yuh-nl]
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–adjective
1. used or shared in common by everyone in a group: a communal jug of wine.
2. 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.
3. pertaining to a commune or a community: communal life.
4. engaged in by or involving two or more communities: communal conflict.
Origin:
1805–15; < F < L commūnālis, equiv. to commūn(e) commune 3 + -ālis -al 1

Related forms:
com⋅mu⋅nal⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
2. public, common, collective.
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com·mu·nal   (kə-myōō'nəl, kŏm'yə-)   
adj.  

  1. Of or relating to a commune.

  2. Of or relating to a community.

    1. Of, belonging to, or shared by the people of a community; public.

    2. Marked by collective ownership and control of goods and property.


[French, from Late Latin commūnālis, from Latin commūnis, common; see common.]
com'mu·nal'i·ty (kŏm'yə-nāl'ĭ-tē) n., com·mu'nal·ly adv.
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