Definition of Communes

1. Noun. (plural of commune) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Communes

1. commune [v] - See also: commune

Lexicographical Neighbors of Communes

communalistic
communalists
communalities
communality
communalize
communalized
communalizes
communalizing
communally
communard
communards
communed
communer
communers
communes (current term)
communicability
communicable
communicable disease
communicable disease control
communicable scale
communicableness
communicably
communicans
communicant
communicants
communicated
communicatee
communicatees

Literary usage of Communes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Monograph on Plebiscites: With a Collection of Official Documants by Sarah Wambaugh (1920)
"Voici le procès-verbal de la seconde séance, qui fait connaître quel est le vœu de toutes les communes des Allo- broges. 21st of October last. ..."

2. The American Historical Review by American Historical Association (1903)
"SOME FRENCH communes, IN THE LIGHT OF THEIR CHARTERS THE communal charters ... 2 At another time I purpose to deal with some of the communes not treated in ..."

3. Lombard Architecture by Arthur Kingsley Porter (1917)
"To understand the relationship of the communes and the ecclesiastical ... Until the rise of the communes in the XI century, the bishop had enjoyed many of ..."

4. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"These communes may have been originally based on the old Slavonic mir; but although we find here and there cases of joint ownership of land which is ..."

5. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1908)
"These communes may have been originally based on the old Slavonic mir; but although we find here and there cases of joint ownership of land which is ..."

6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The naval academy at Leghorn and the engineering school of Venice provide officers for the navy. so far as the communes and the beads of families are ..."

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