Communal
/kəˈmju.nəl/ adj
adj ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Pertaining to a community or a commune.
- 2 Shared by a community; public.
- 3 Defined by religious ideas; based on religion. India
"communal violence"
Adjective
- 1 for or by a group rather than individuals wordnet
- 2 relating to a small administrative district or community wordnet
Example
More examples"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.