communicability (komu"nikabiliti)

[= F. com muni cab i lité, etc.; as communicable (see -bility).] 1. The quality of being communicable; mune2) + -ard, in a depreciatory sense.] One capability of being imparted, as by contact or who advocates government by communes; a communalist; especially, a member or support er of the Paris commune of 1871. The federal republic has always been the favorite ideal of the Democrats of Spain and of the Communards of Rae , Contemporary Socialism, p. 5. Paris. communel (ko-mūn'), v.; pret. and pp. com muned, ppr. communing. [ the older E. verb common, where the accent has regularly receded), There I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee. Ex. xxv. 22. If you could but learn to commune with your own hearts, and know what noble company you can make them, you would little regard the elegance and splendours of the worthle . Goldsmith, Vicar, xxiii. 2. To partake of the eucharist or Lord's supper; receive the communion: a common use of the word in America and in Wales. To commune under both kinds. Bp . Burnet. II.t trans. To cause to partake of the eucharist. Gesta Romanorum. communel (kom'un), n. [ A Spirit seemed To stand beside him Held commune with him. Shelley , Alastor. Days of happy commune . Tennyson, In Memoriam, cxvi.