Communal

//kəˈmju.nəl// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

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

Synonyms

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commonassociatedassociationalciviccivilcoacting

Example

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"They arrived in Southern Rhodesia, and there was a choice of an immigrants' camp, consisting of mud huts with a communal water supply, or a hotel; and they chose the hotel, being what are known as people of means."

Etymology

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

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