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See also:COMMUNE (Med. See also:Lat. communia, Lat. communis, See also:common)
, in its most See also:general sense, a See also:group of persons acting together for purposes of self-See also:government, especially in towns
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(See See also:BOROUGH, and See also:COMMUNE, See also:MEDIEVAL, below.) " Commune " (Fr. commune, Ital. comune, Ger
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Gemeinde, &c.) is now the See also:term generally applied to the smallest administrative See also:division in many See also:European countries
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(See the sections dealing with the See also:administration of these countries under their several headings.) " The Commune" is the name given to the See also:period of the See also:history of See also:Paris from See also: |
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