Definition of Commune

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Commune

To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.

To receive the communion; to partake of the eucharist or Lord's supper.

Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends.

The commonalty; the common people.

A small territorial district in France under the government of a mayor and municipal council; also, the inhabitants, or the government, of such a district. See Arrondissement.

Absolute municipal self-government.

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Commune Quotations

It is easier to have faith that God will support each House of Hospitality and Farming Commune and supply our needs in the way of food and money to pay bills, than it is to keep a strong, hearty, living faith in each individual around us - to see Christ in him.
Dorothy Day

I think the special thing about Python is that it's a writers' commune. The writers are in charge. The writers decide what the material is.
Eric Idle

Look at the Paris Commune. That was the Dictatorship of the Proletariat.
Friedrich Engels

The language of the moment or, as it were, the language of the order in which we live, is the image. I felt that if I wanted to commune with the public, I should best do so through the language of image. It's a conscious embrace of a contradiction.
Godfrey Reggio

It wouldn't have mattered to my mother if I married a black, was gay, lived in a commune or wore a dress.
George Weinberg

The commune movement is part of a reawakening of belief in the possibilities for utopia that existed in the nineteenth century and exist again today, a belief that by creating the right social institution, human satisfaction and growth can be achieved.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter

The Paris Commune was first and foremost a democracy. The government was a body elected by universal suffrage.
C. L. R. James

I grew up in a commune where no one considered me female, particularly.
Kristin Hersh

Then, all of a sudden, he stopped and nobody heard from him or got a response to orders. At this point Rod Walker looked him up and found he was living in a commune and seemed to be dropping out of the hobby.
Fred Davis

I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.
Patricia Arquette

Commune Translations

commune in German is kommunizieren
commune in Spanish is comunidad
commune in Swedish is kommun

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