communitas

[ kuh-myoo-ni-tahs ]

/ kəˈmyu nɪˌtɑs /

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noun Anthropology.

the sense of sharing and intimacy that develops among persons who experience liminality as a group.

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Origin of communitas

From Latin; see origin at community

Words nearby communitas

Communist China, communistic, Communist Manifesto, Communist Party, communitarian, communitas, community, community antenna television, community association, community card, community care

How to use communitas in a sentence

It does not even mean that each burgess holds immediately of the king, the communitas intervening as farmer of the kings rents.
Domesday Book and Beyond|Frederic William Maitland
Ita fit, ut vincat cognitionis studium consociatio hominum atque communitas.
De Officiis|Marcus Tullius Cicero
The title of Communitas Venetiarum, long disused in actual practice, was formally changed to the Signoria.
Venice and its Story|Thomas Okey
Inter amicos omnium rerum communitas—Among friends all things are common.
Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood

Ergo communitas qudam et plurimorum inter se differentium similitudo notio est; cujus notionis aliud genus est, aliud forma.
Aristotle|George Grote