[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

community \commu"nity\, n.; pl. communities. l. communitas:
   cf. of. communit'e. cf. commonalty, and see common.
   1. common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a
      community of goods.
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            the original community of all things. --locke.
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            an unreserved community of thought and feeling. --w.
                                                  irving.
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   2. a body of people having common rights, privileges, or
      interests, or living in the same place under the same laws
      and regulations; as, a community of monks. hence a number
      of animals living in a common home or with some apparent
      association of interests.
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            creatures that in communities exist.  --wordsworth.
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   3. society at large; a commonwealth or state; a body politic;
      the public, or people in general.
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            burdens upon the poorer classes of the community.
                                                  --hallam.
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   note: in this sense, the term should be used with the
         definite article; as, the interests of the community.
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   4. common character; likeness. r.
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            the essential community of nature between organic
            growth and inorganic growth.          --h. spencer.
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   5. commonness; frequency. obs.
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            eyes . . . sick and blunted with community. --shak.
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see also:
communities commonalty common 

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