commune Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the smallest administrative district of several European countries
  2. noun a body of people or families living together and sharing everything
  3. verb communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity
    • He seemed to commune with nature
  4. verb receive Communion, in the Catholic church
    communicate.

WordNet

Com*mune" intransitive verb
Etymology
OF. communier, fr. L. communicare to communicate, fr. communis common. See Common, and cf. Communicate.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Communed ; present participle & verbal noun Communing
Definitions
  1. To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
    I would commune with you of such things That want no ear but yours. Shak.
  2. To receive the communion; to partake of the eucharist or Lord's supper.
    To commune under both kinds. Bp. Burnet.
Com"mune noun
Definitions
  1. Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends.
    For days of happy commune dead. Tennyson.
Com"mune noun
Etymology
F., fr. commun. See Common.
Definitions
  1. The commonalty; the common people. Obs. Chaucer.
    In this struggle -- to use the technical words of the time -- of the "commune", the general mass of the inhabitants, against the "prudhommes" or "wiser" few. J. R. Green.
  2. 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 Arrondissement.
  3. Absolute municipal self-government.

Webster 1913