1. The smallest administrative district of several European countries
   "The French village was part of a larger commune"
    
2. A body of people or families living together and sharing everything
   "They joined a commune in rural Oregon to live a simpler life"

1. Communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity
   "He seemed to commune with nature"
    
2. Receive Communion, in the Catholic church
   "The parishioners communed during the Mass";
   - communicate

Derived forms: communing, communed, communes

Type of: administrative district, administrative division, assemblage, communicate, covenant, gathering, intercommunicate, territorial division

Encyclopedia: Commune, Bamako