The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word COMMUNE
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What does COMMUNE mean?
COMMUNE noun- A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community.
- A local political division in many European countries.
- The commonalty; the common people.
- Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends
- To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.
- (followed by with) To communicate (with) spiritually; to be together (with); to contemplate or absorb.
- To receive the communion.