01 n. Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods.
pl.
Communities ((#))
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Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods.“The original community of all things.” — Locke.“An unreserved community of thought and feeling.” — W. Irving.
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A body of people having common rights, privileges, or interests, or living in the same place under the same laws and regulations; as, a community of monks. Hence a number of animals living in a common home or with some apparent association of interests.“Creatures that in communities exist.” — Wordsworth.
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Society at large; a commonwealth or state; a body politic; the public, or people in general.“Burdens upon the poorer classes of the community.” — Hallam.
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Common character; likeness.[R.]“The essential community of nature between organic growth and inorganic growth.” — H. Spencer.
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Commonness; frequency.[Obs.]“Eyes . . . sick and blunted with community.” — Shak.