Definition of Communion

1. Noun. The act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist. "The governor took Communion with the rest of the congregation"


2. Noun. Sharing thoughts and feelings.
Exact synonyms: Sharing
Generic synonyms: Intercourse, Social Intercourse
Derivative terms: Commune, Share

3. Noun. (Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites.
Category relationships: Christian Religion, Christianity
Generic synonyms: Denomination

Definition of Communion

1. n. The act of sharing; community; participation.

Definition of Communion

1. Proper noun. The sacrament of Holy Communion ¹

2. Noun. A joining together of minds or spirits. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Communion

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Communion

Commonwealth
Commonwealth Day
Commonwealth English
Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth of Australia
Commonwealth of Dominica
Commonwealth of Independent States
Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Commonwealth realm
Communard
Communications Security Establishment
Communications Security Establishment Canada
Communion
Communism
Communist
Communist China
Communist Manifesto
Communist Party
Communist Party of China
Communist Party of Kampuchea
Communists
Community Chest card
Community Chest cards
Community language
Comolli
Comolli's sign
Comoran

Literary usage of Communion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Abp. of Cologne, 31 December, 1910); (b) the custom of giving Holy communion to infants immediately after baptism, and frequently before the beginning of ..."

2. The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine, Edward Bouverie Pusey, William Benham (1909)
"The enemy, knowing what profit and exceeding strong remedy lieth in the Holy communion, striveth by all means and occasions to draw back and hinder the ..."

3. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register (1909)
"July 3th Ruth Hale Wife of Frary Hale, Joined in full communion with the Church. Jered Strickland & his Wife Joined in full communion with the Chh. 1802 ..."

4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"The canon is much shortened, following the Roman closely in the essential part, and the Lord's Prayer, as scarcely ever elsewhere, follows the communion. ..."

5. A History of the English Church During the Civil Wars and Under the by Ecole littéraire de Montréal, Charles Gill, William Arthur Shaw (1900)
"On the 30th of August the Commons resolved that the— Churchwardens of every parish church or chapel do forthwith remove the communion table to the east end ..."

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