† ˈcommunance Obs.
[a. F. *communance, f. communer to commune: see -ance. With sense 2 cf. med.L. communantia community.]
1. Communing, conversation, consultation.
| c 1449 Pecock Repr. (Rolls) ii. i. 134 Vnable to be..receyued into eny enquiraunce or communaunce forto fynde, leerne, and knowe treuthis. |
2. A body of commoners.
| 1701 Cowel's Interpr., Communance, The Commoners, or Tenants, and Inhabitants, who had the right of Common, or Commoning in open Fields or Woods, were formerly called the Communance. 1848 Wharton Law Lex., Commonance. Hence in mod. Dicts. |