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Definition of Communion table
1. Noun. The table in Christian churches where communion is given.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Communion Table
Literary usage of Communion table
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of England from the Accession of James I. to the Outbreak of the by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1905)
"He headed a subscription list for the increase of the library, and directed that
the communion-table should be placed in the restored chancel, and should be ..."
2. 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 ..."
3. Documents Illustrative of English Church History by Henry Gee, William John Hardy (1896)
"THE PRIVY COUNCIL AND THE POSITION OF THE communion table AT ST. GREGORY'S, AD 1633.
THE question of the position of the communion table, which had 1633. ..."
4. The Contemporary Review (1866)
"In practice they are usually placed on the communion table before the commencement
of the service, but this certainly is not according to the order ..."
5. A History of the English Church During the Civil Wars and Under the by William Arthur Shaw (1900)
"The rails before the communion table. after it had been committed, it was ordered
to be reported.1 On the occasion of this order the House further made a ..."
6. Religious Thought in England, from the Reformation to the End of Last by John Hunt (1870)
"The churchwarden, who was also an alderman of the town, caused the communion
table to be put back into its place. This was the beginning of a warfare ..."
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