/ kəˈmjuːnl; ˈkɒmjənl; NAmE ˈkɑːm-/ adjective
1.
shared by, or for the use of, a number of people, especially people who live together
SYN shared :
a communal kitchen / garden, etc.
As a student he tried communal living for a few years.
2.
involving different groups of people in a community :
communal violence between religious groups
► com·mu·nal·ly adverb :
The property was owned communally.
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WORD ORIGIN
early 19th cent. (in the sense relating to a commune, especially the Paris Commune ): from French , from late Latin communalis , from communis common.