communitaladj.
/kəˈmjuːnᵻtl/, U.S. /kəˈmjunədl/ Now rare.
Of or relating to a community; communal.
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society > society and the community > [adjective]
generalc1300
civila1398
public1539
civic1655
communital1840
communal1843
communitive1843
communitary1850
1840 Foreign Q. Rev. 24 315 The statesman..can expect to be supported by them [sc. his people], as the vigilant guard and watch-post of their communital rights.
1863 Freemasons' Monthly Mag. July 286 Moral inertia, which the outside world induces by its devotion to self-interest and individual and communital aggrandisement.
1910 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 35 212 The third division, Communital Economy, studies the institutions and regulations that tend to promote the welfare of particular communities.
1966 Salt Lake Tribune 7 Apr. 10 a/2 The Christian people..must be associated in such a way that the celebration is full, active and communital.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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