I would commune with you of such things That want no
ear but yours. --Shak.
2. To receive the communion; to partake of the eucharist or
Lord's supper.
To commune under both kinds. --Bp. Burnet.
{To commune with one's self} or {one's heart}, to think; to
reflect; to meditate.
For days of happy commune dead. --Tennyson.
In this struggle -- to use the technical words of
the time -- of the ``commune'', the general mass of
the inhabitants, against the ``prudhommes'' or
``wiser'' few. --J. R. Green.
2. A small territorial district in France under the
government of a mayor and municipal council; also, the
inhabitants, or the government, of such a district. See
{Arrondissement}.
3. Absolute municipal self-government.
{The Commune of Paris}, or {The Commune}
(a) The government established in Paris (1792-94) by a
usurpation of supreme power on the part of
representatives chosen by the communes; the period of
its continuance is known as the ``Reign of Terror.''
(b) The revolutionary government, modeled on the commune
of 1792, which the communists, so called, attempted to
establish in 1871.