communal

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   for or by a group rather than individuals

   They each dipped their bread into a communal dish of stew.

2. 2
   adj

   relating to a small administrative district or community

   Communal elections in several European countries.

Borrowed from French communal, from Late Latin commūnālis, from Latin commūnis. Doublet of cominal.

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