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com·mu·nal

(kə-myo͞o′nəl, kŏm′yə-)

adj.

1. Of or relating to a commune.

2. Of or relating to a community.

a. Of, belonging to, or shared by the people of a community; public.

b. Marked by collective ownership and control of goods and property.

[French, from Late Latin commūnālis, from Latin commūnis, common; see common.]

com′mu·nal′i·ty (kŏm′yə-năl′ĭ-tē) n.

com·mu′nal·ly adv.

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communal

(ˈkɒmjʊnəl)

adj

1. (Sociology) belonging or relating to a community as a whole

2. (Sociology) relating to different groups within a society: communal strife.

3. (Sociology) of or relating to a commune or a religious community

communality n

ˈcommunally adv

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com•mu•nal

(kəˈmyun l, ˈkɒm yə nl)

adj.

1. used or shared in common by everyone in a group: a communal stove.

2. of, by, or belonging to the people of a community; public; common: communal land.

3. pertaining to a commune or a community: communal life.

4. engaged in by or involving two or more communities.

[1805–15; < French < Latin commūnālis <commūn(e) commune³]

com•mu′nal•ly, adv.

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Adj.	1.	communal - for or by a group rather than individuals; "dipping each his bread into a communal dish of stew"- Paul Roche; "a communal settlement in which all earnings and food were shared"; "a group effort" common - belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public; "for the common good"; "common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community"
	2.	communal - relating to a small administrative district or community; "communal elections in several European countries"

communal

adjective

1. community, neighbourhood Communal violence broke out in different parts of the country

2. public, shared, general, joint, collective, communistic The inmates ate in a communal dining room.
public single, private, individual, personal, exclusive, unshared

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communal

adjective

Belonging to, shared by, or applicable to all alike:

common, conjoint, general, joint, mutual, public.

Translations

الحَياه العامَّهمُشْتَرَك

komunitníspolečný

fællesfællesantenne

Gemeinde-...Gemeinschafts-...

comunal comunitario común

communautaire commun

kommunálisközösségi

sameiginlegursamfélags-

comunale

felles

коммунальный

ortakortak yaşama ait

公共的公社的共有的

communal

[ˈkɒmjuːnl] ADJ [property, ownership] → comunal; [living room, dining room, facilities] → común; [activities] → comunitario

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communal

[ˈkɒmjʊn^əl] adj

[life] → communautaire

(= for common use) [dining-room, kitchen, bathroom] → commun(e)

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communal

adj

(= of a community) → Gemeinde-; communal life → Gemeinschaftsleben nt

(= owned, used in common) → gemeinsam; bathroom, kitchen also → Gemeinschafts-

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communal

[ˈkɒmjuːnl] adj (facilities) → in comune; (for common use) → pubblico/a; (life) → di comunità

commune

(ˈkomjuːn) noun

a group of people living together and sharing everything they own.

ˈcommunal adjective

1. of a community. The communal life suited them.

2. shared. a communal television aerial.

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"To be a soldier, just a soldier!" thought Pierre as he fell asleep, "to enter communal life completely, to be imbued by what makes them what they are.

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He is learned in old manorial and communal rights, and he applies his knowledge sometimes in favour of the villagers of Fernworthy and sometimes against them, so that he is periodically either carried in triumph down the village street or else burned in effigy, according to his latest exploit.

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Nothing keeps them in order but their own communal court and their village elder.

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Impossible to place our Cathedral in that other family of lofty, aerial churches, rich in painted windows and sculpture; pointed in form, bold in attitude; communal and bourgeois as political symbols; free, capricious, lawless, as a work of art; second transformation of architecture, no longer hieroglyphic, immovable and sacerdotal, but artistic, progressive, and popular, which begins at the return from the crusades, and ends with Louis IX.

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This expression, which may be called a line, was taken up and repeated by the crowd; others might be added to it, and thus gradually, in the course of generations, arose the regular habit of communal composition, composition of something like complete ballads by the throng as a whole.

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In this second attempt I had the support of several people to whom I had rendered some service, and I was backed by the members of the Communal Council, for I had appealed to their parsimonious instincts, showing them how much it cost to support the poor wretches, and pointing out how largely they might gain by converting their plots of ground (to which the idiots had no proper title) into allotments which were needed in the township.

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"Now, I am sure, the next communal election will go all right.

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Its accommodation briefly comprises a communal hall/ lobby, a reception hall, living room, kitchen, a bedroom and a shower room.

One bed ground floor flat is packed with potential

Summary: Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 12 (ANI): Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Sunday accused the Congress party's Punjab unit of inciting communal hatred in the state.

SAD accuses Cong of inciting communal hatred in Punjab

Communal land is land that belongs to the State and held in trust for the benefit of the traditional communities living in those areas.

INTRODUCTION TO THE COMMUNAL LAND ACT: The Legal Assistance Centre has been given the opportunity to speak on radio about access to Communal Land. Herewith a transcript of their first show

Khoeun Samrith, a representative of the Suoy ethnic community in Kodontey village, said the land was originally part of Suoy ethnic communal land.