communal

adj — 3 senses

communal

adj

UK /kəˈmjuː.nəl/ · CA, US /kəˈmju.nəl/

Etymology Borrowed from French communal, from Late Latin commūnālis, from Latin commūnis. Doublet of cominal.

1

Pertaining to a community or a commune.

2

Shared by a community; public.

3

India Defined by religious ideas; based on religion.

communal violence
communal politics

Derived terms: bicommunal, communal bin, communalect, communalise, communalism, communalistic, communality, communalize, communally, communal shower, ecocommunal, intercommunal, intracommunal, multicommunal, noncommunal, pseudocommunal, uncommunal
Related terms: common, community

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