COMMUNE

I. verb (~d; communing) Etymology: Middle English, to share, receive Communion, from Anglo-French ~r, cummunier, from Late Latin communicare, from Latin Date: 15th century transitive verb talk over , discuss , intransitive verb to receive Communion, to communicate intimately , II. noun Etymology: French, alteration of Middle French comugne, from Medieval Latin communia, from Latin, neuter plural of communis Date: 1673 the smallest administrative district of many countries especially in Europe, commonalty 1a, community: as, a medieval usually municipal corporation, b. mir , an often rural community organized on a communal basis