formerly a province of France, 45 miles in length, and 15 in breadth; bounded on the north by Gascony, on the south by Catalonia, on the east by Cousserans, and on the west by Bigorre. Its principal trade consists in cattle, mules, and corn. St Bertrand is the capital town.

COMMUNION, denotes the breaking, or rather grinding, a body to very small particles.