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Definition of Communions
1. communion [n] - See also: communion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Communions
Literary usage of Communions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"... affecting espe- X.-11 cially the hymnody and music of many non-episcopal
communions. For convenience, the history of the subject can be divided roughly ..."
2. Divine Worship in England in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries by John David Chambers (1877)
"POST-communions. Then let the Celebrant, ... the Poft-communions for Communicants
only, a Salutation and Benediction of the People generally by a peculiar ..."
3. History of Christian Doctrine by Henry Clay Sheldon (1886)
"NEW communions. — A proper regard for brevity wi' preclude the mention of all,
or even of a majority, of th new communions which have been organized since ..."
4. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1861)
"But if he is careful for the separate souls committed to his charge, he will stay
his hand, while we bid him consider whether Evening communions do not ..."
5. Proceedings (1902)
"... de messes et des communions. Le Souverain Pontife Léon XIII, comme ses
prédécesseurs, a dénoncé à plusieurs reprises la secte maçonnique comme la source ..."
6. The Church Enchained by William Archer Rutherfoord Goodwin (1916)
"CHAPTER XL CONFERENCE AND CO-OPERATION WITH PROTESTANT communions r • iHE plan
and hope for organic Church unity JL must include Eastern, ..."
7. 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)
"... number of votive Masses, among the rest Masses for the dead, and a collection
of sets of collects, secrets, and post-communions for special occasions. ..."
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