communitas

American  

[kuh-myoo-ni-tahs] / kəˈmyu nɪˌtɑs /

noun

Anthropology.

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

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Etymology

Origin of communitas

From Latin; community

Example Sentences

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

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

Verum aucti paullatim, in amplitudinem gentis solid� concesserunt & nomen: villasque inhabitantes nulla murorum firmitudine communitas & legibus suis uti permissi, religionis respectu sunt honorati.

From The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great by Newton, Isaac, Sir