commune : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: commune	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for commune
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
commune n the smallest administrative district of several European countries a body of people or families living together and sharing everything v communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity; "He seemed to commune with nature" receive Communion, in the Catholic church Synonym(s): commune, communicate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commune \Commune"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Communed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Communing}.] [OF. communier, fr. L. communicare to communicate, fr. communis common. See {Common}, and cf. {Communicate}.] 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. {To commune with one's self} [or] {one's heart}, to think; to reflect; to meditate.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commune \Com"mune\, n. Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends. For days of happy commune dead. --Tennyson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commune \Com"mune\, n. [F., fr. commun. See {Common}.] 1. The commonalty; the common people. [Obs.] --Chaucer. In this struggle -- to use the technical words of the time -- of the [bd]commune[b8], the general mass of the inhabitants, against the [bd]prudhommes[b8] or [bd]wiser[b8] few. --J. R. Green. 2. 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}. 3. Absolute municipal self-government. {The Commune of Paris}, [or] {The Commune} (a) The government established in Paris (1792-94) by a usurpation of supreme power on the part of representatives chosen by the communes; the period of its continuance is known as the [bd]Reign of Terror.[b8] (b) The revolutionary government, modeled on the commune of 1792, which the communists, so called, attempted to establish in 1871.