COMMUNITY Copy link • COMMUNITYThe state: civitas: commune, respublica (τὸ κοινόν): conventus [SYN. in STATE]. the Christian community, Christiani: *populus Christianus (the Christians, collectively taken): *Christiana respublica (the Christians, taken in the sense of forming or constituting one state). Common possession of anything, communitas (alicujus rei: e.g., vitae et victūs): to be connected with anybody by community of interests, utilitatis communione cum aliquo conjunctum esse.