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communal

Pronunciation: /kəˈmjuː.nəl/

The English word “communal” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Pertaining to a community or a commune.
  2. Shared by a community; public.
  3. Defined by religious ideas; based on religion.

Etymology

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

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