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The definition of communal is something shared or decided by all members of a given community.

(adjective)

When there is a closet full of clothes that belong to everyone in a group, this is an example of a closet that would be described as a communal closet.

See communal in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

of a commune or communes
of or belonging to the community; shared, or participated in, by all; public
designating or of social or economic organization in which there is common ownership of property

Origin: ME & OFr < LL communalis

Related Forms:

communality noun
communally adverb

See communal in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of or relating to a commune.
Of or relating to a community.
a. Of, belonging to, or shared by the people of a community; public.
b. Marked by collective ownership and control of goods and property.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Late Latin commūnālis

Origin: , from Latin commūnis, common; see Common

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