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Word: Commune
Speech Type: Noun
late 18th century: from French, use as noun of the feminine of commun (adjective), from Latin communis (see common)
ˈkɒmjuːn
a group of people living together and sharing possessions and responsibilities
Short Definition:group living together and sharing things
Examples:- she went to California and joined a commune
the smallest French territorial division for administrative purposes
Short Definition:French administrative unit
Examples:- very few of the abbey's vineyards were actually located within the commune of Hautvillers
the group that seized the municipal government of Paris in the French Revolution and played a leading part in the Reign of Terror until suppressed in 1794.
Short Definition:French Revolutionary group
Word: Commune
Speech Type: Verb
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