Definition of Intercommunion

1. Noun. Participation in Holy Communion by members of more than one church (eg Catholic and Orthodox).


Definition of Intercommunion

1. n. Mutual communion; as, an intercommunion of deities.

Definition of Intercommunion

1. Noun. communion (association) between people or groups ¹

2. Noun. The participation, together, in Holy Communion of people from different denominations ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Intercommunion

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Intercommunion

intercommoning
intercommons
intercommunal
intercommuned
intercommunes
intercommunicability
intercommunicable
intercommunicate
intercommunicated
intercommunicates
intercommunicating
intercommunication
intercommunication system
intercommuning
intercommunion (current term)
intercommunions
intercommunity
intercommuting
intercompany
intercompare
intercompared
intercompares
intercomparing
intercomparison
intercomparisons
intercompartment
intercompartmental
intercomponent
intercomprehensible

Literary usage of Intercommunion

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

1. Old Landmarkism: What is It? by James Robinson Graves (1880)
"Baptist churches that practice intercommunion have practically no communion of their own. They have church members, church conferences, church discipline, ..."

2. A General History of Rome from the Foundation of the City to the Fall of by Charles Merivale (1886)
"intercommunion of races secured by the Mediterranean Sea. I. Material results of the Roman dominion: Progress of the nations in wealth and culture; Africa, ..."

3. The Christian Remembrancer by William Scott (1857)
"... the crying abuses of the Roman hierarchical system in the East, and should set down these as their preliminaries for the intercommunion of the Churches ..."

4. Conference of Bishops of the Anglican Communion, Holden at Lambeth Palace by Church of England (1908)
"YOUR Committee appointed to consider and report upon the subject of Reunion and intercommunion with Episcopal and Non-episcopal Churches and to t Names of ..."

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