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com⋅mu⋅nal⋅i⋅ty

  [kom-yuh-nal-i-tee]
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–noun
1. the state or condition of being communal.
2. a feeling or spirit of cooperation and belonging arising from common interests and goals.
Origin:
1900–05; communal + -ity
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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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