Community

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noun, plural communities.

1.

a social group of any size whose members residein a specific locality, share government, and oftenhave a common cultural and historical heritage.

2.

a locality inhabited by such a group.

3.

a social, religious, occupational, or other groupsharing common characteristics or interests andperceived or perceiving itself as distinct in somerespect from the larger society within which itexists (usually preceded by the):

the business community; the community ofscholars.

4.

a group of associated nations sharing commoninterests or a common heritage:

the community of Western Europe.

5.

Ecclesiastical. a group of men or women leading acommon life according to a rule.

6.

Ecology. an assemblage of interacting populationsoccupying a given area.

7.

joint possession, enjoyment, liability, etc.:

community of property.