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Communal

//kəˈmju.nəl// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to a community or a commune.
  2. 2
    Shared by a community; public.
  3. 3
    Defined by religious ideas; based on religion. India

    "communal violence"

Adjective
  1. 1
    for or by a group rather than individuals wordnet
  2. 2
    relating to a small administrative district or community wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French communal, from Late Latin commūnālis, from Latin commūnis. Doublet of cominal.

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