4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Commune \Com*mune"\, 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 ``commune'', the general mass of
the inhabitants, against the ``prudhommes'' or
``wiser'' 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 ``Reign of Terror.''
b The revolutionary government, modeled on the commune
of 1792, which the communists, so called attempted to
establish in 1871.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
commune
n 1: the smallest administrative district of several European
countries (Belgium and France and Italy and Switzerland)
2: a body of people or families living together and sharing
everything
v 1: communicate intimately with be in a state of heightened,
intimate receptivity; "He seemed to commune with nature"
2: receive Communion, in the Catholic church [syn: {communicate}]
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