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Definition of Communal
1. Adjective. For or by a group rather than individuals. "A group effort"
2. Adjective. Relating to a small administrative district or community. "Communal elections in several European countries"
Definition of Communal
1. a. Pertaining to a commune.
Definition of Communal
1. Adjective. Pertaining to a community. ¹
2. Adjective. Shared by a community; public. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Communal
1. belonging to a community; public [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Communal
Literary usage of Communal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1904)
"communal property. —Mortgage common of pasturage had a double origin, ...
Both these laws tended to abolish communal property in favour of private persons. ..."
2. OECD Environmental Performance Reviews by OECD., OECD Staff, Oecd (2003)
"Box 8.3 Land tenure reform: ejido, private and communal property At the end of the
... communal properties belong to indigenous communities with their ..."
3. Modern Constitutions: A Collection of the Fundamental Laws of Twenty-two of by Walter Fairleigh Dodd (1908)
"3) The publicity of the sittings of the provincial and communal councils within
the limits established by law. 4) The publicity of budgets and of accounts. ..."
4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It is his duty to execute all the orders of the Government respecting his commune,
to collect taxes, and, as chief of the communal police, ..."
5. Silencing a People: The Destruction of Civil Society in Haiti by Americas Watch Committee (U.S.), National Coalition for Haitian Refugees (1993)
"After the coup, all communal police agents were removed from office after an
official decree reestablished the old section chief system on November 14, ..."
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