communitas
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of communitas
From Latin; see origin at community
Example Sentences
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Cultural anthropologist Victor Turner might have called it communitas, the spirit of a people in and out of time and space, in the throes of transition.
From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2022
Says Smithsonian Institution Folklorist Jack Santino: "Dressing up and switching personal identity is part of a need for communitas, an exultant, spontaneous celebration of role reversal in society."
From Time Magazine Archive
In the charter of 1254, while there is mention of a communitas capable of making a compact with the bishop, there is nothing said of any trade or craft gilds.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" by Various
The 'form' of Truce was enacted in a diocesan assembly, and the people of the diocese formed a communitas pacis for its enforcement.
From The Unity of Civilization by Various
Sometimes the word "communitas" is found; but it always means "communitas baronagii."
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John by Hume, David
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