communal event

collocation in English

meaningsofcommunalandevent

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communal
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒm.jə.nəl/us
/ˈkɑː.mjə.nəl/
belonging to or used by a group of people rather than one ...
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event
noun[C]
uk
/ɪˈvent/us
/ɪˈvent/
anything that happens, especially something important ...
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(Definition ofcommunalandeventfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Since prayer is now an activity that everyone does together, it has become the fundamentalcommunalevent.
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Meals, traditionally acommunaleventin the family with strict rules of food division, are no longer eaten together.
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Lutheran funerals were therefore for the living, and were acommunalevent, witnessed and participated in by all.
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The construction process is acommunalevent, reflecting the communal nature of rice cultivation.
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Families and extended family organizations would gather to participate in thecommunalevent.
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The noisy miner does not use a stereotyped courtship display, but copulation is a frenziedcommunalevent.
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It is used as a venue for a wide variety of cultural and communal events.
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These ceremonies are often major communal events that are of extreme spiritual and social importance.
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Local newspapers frequently reported on synagogue services and other communal events.
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These dances are self-reflective, for the entire community because all music and dance are communal events.
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