community

1. 1

   A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.countable

   • [W]e are not borne to our ſelues alone, but the prince, the countrie, the parents, freends, wiues, children and familie, euerie of them doo claime an intereſt in vs, and to euerie of them we muſt be beneficiall: otherwiſe we doo degenerate
   • Nor wanting here, to entertain the thought, / Creatures, that in communities exist, / Less, at might seem, for general guardianship / Or through dependance upon mutual aid, / Than by participation of delight / And a strict love of fellowshi
2. 2

   A residential or religious collective; a commune.countable

   • The Beguines, an uncloistered religiously inspired woman's movement began about the year 1210 in Liége, Belgium. Generally the Beguines lived in community or in small cottages behind a wall. At times threatened as heretics, they were finall
3. 3

   A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.countable

   • Synecology has for the objects of its study, not individual organisms but biological communities, which are groups of organisms living in a given space, the properties of which space select a certain assemblage of organisms of definite aute
4. 4

   A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community.Internetcountable

   • Purpose doesn’t only come from work. The third way we can create a sense of purpose for everyone is by building community. And when our generation says “everyone”, we mean everyone in the world.
5. 5

   The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.uncountable

   • We hope to demonstrate that Paul understood the local community to be the sphere in which and the means through which the five components of the maturation process were facilitated, thus concluding that Paul expected believers to be confirm
   • Writing groups and community writing spaces can provide that vitally important space for writing as well as potential benefits of support and accountability if people have the chance to talk about writing. Even if all that happens, however,
6. 6

   A feeling of togetherness or connectedness, common identity or of possessing a similar outlook, perspective and purpose with some group of people.uncountable

   • Volunteering gave me a sense of community.
7. 7

   Common enjoyment or possession; participation.countableobsolete

   • a community of goods
8. 8

   Common character; likeness.obsoleteuncountable

   • We are now in the ninth year of the anarchy of France. […] A diſpoſition to peace has been diſplayed, without conſideration of the royal family of France. The natural horror at the effuſion of blood cannot be too ſtrong, and might of itſelf
   • The essential community of nature between organic growth and inorganic growth, is, however, most clearly seen on observing that they both result in the same way. The segregation of different kinds of detritus from each other, as well as fro
9. 9

   Commonness; frequency.obsoleteuncountable

   • So when he had occaſion to be ſeene, / He was but as the Cuckoe is in Iune, / Heard, not regarded: Seene, but with ſuch eie / As ſicke and blunted with communitie, / Affoord no extraordinary gaze.
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    A local area within a county or county borough which is the lowest tier of local government, usually represented by a community council or town council, which is generally equivalent to a civil parish in England.Walescountable

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