commune
/ˈkɑmjuːn/IPA: /K AA1 M Y UW0 N/
noun
- 1
A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community.
- 2
A local political division in many European countries.
- 3
The commonalty; the common people.
- 4
Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends
verb
- 1
To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
- 2
(followed by with) To communicate (with) spiritually; to be together (with); to contemplate or absorb.
“He spent a week in the backcountry, communing with nature.”
- 3
To receive the communion.
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