The Collaborative International Dictionary
Commune \Com"mune\ (k[o^]m"m[=u]n), n. [F., fr. commun. See Common.]
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The commonalty; the common people. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.In this struggle -- to use the technical words of the time -- of the ``commune'', the general mass of the inhabitants, against the ``prudhommes'' or ``wiser'' few.
--J. R. Green. A small territorial district in France under the government of a mayor and municipal council; also, the inhabitants, or the government, of such a district. See Arrondissement.
Absolute municipal self-government.
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a group of people living together as an organized community and owning in common most or all of their property and possessions, and sharing work, income, and many other aspects of daily life. Such sommunities are oftten organized based on religious or idealistic principles, and they sometimes have unconventional lifestyles, practises, or moral codes. The Commune of Paris, or The Commune
The government established in Paris (1792-94) by a usurpation of supreme power on the part of representatives chosen by the communes; the period of its continuance is known as the ``Reign of Terror.''
The revolutionary government, modeled on the commune of 1792, which the communists, so called, attempted to establish in 1871.
Wikipedia
The Commune is a 2016 Danish drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. At Berlin, Trine Dyrholm won the Silver Bear for Best Actress. It was also selected as one of three films that could be chosen as the Danish submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards.
Usage examples of "the commune".
The car, an ex-commercial surface truck, rumbled noisily but smoothly as it ascended the outgoing ramp and approached the check-gate that terminated the commune area.
He had no idea where his own mother had wandered off to, after she left the commune.
After all, it is we V'ornn who carved up the territories and created the Commune system.
He felt strange and inferior, and hoped no one would look at him, when he entered the commune.
Since she could not be admitted to the family, Josh had departed the commune and joined her world of wider New York City.
Lord Engels, an acquaintance of mine, is fascinated by this fellow Marx, the Commune's founder .
But he'd a Brooklyn Irish factory-girl in his bed when he expelled me from the Commune, sir, for preaching 'religionism and free-love'!