communional (komunyonal)

[ communion -cup 1138 mod. F. comm unité = Pr. comm unit at = Sp. co munidad = Pg.communidade = It. comunità, of interests between husband and wife. Of all the griefs that mortals share, The one that seems the hardest to bear Is the grief without community . Hood, Mi Kilmansegg. The e ential community of nature between organic growth and inorganic growth is, however, most clearly seen on observing that they both result in the same way. H. Spencer , Prin. of Biol., § 43. The natural equality of the Italians is visible in their community of good looks as well as good manners. Howells , Venetian Life, xxi. 2. Life in a ociation with others;; the social state. [Rare.] Confined To cells, and unfrequented woods, they knew not The fierce vexation of community . Shirley, The Brothers, iv. 1. commutator