Communion Definition

kə-myo͝onyən
noun
The act of sharing; possession in common; participation.
A communion of interest.
Webster's New World
The act of sharing one's thoughts and emotions with another or others; intimate converse.
Webster's New World
Religious or spiritual fellowship.
American Heritage
An intimate relationship with deep understanding.
Webster's New World
A group of Christians professing the same faith and practicing the same rites; denomination.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Communion

Noun

Singular:
communion
Plural:
communions

Origin of Communion

  • Middle English communioun Christian fellowship, Eucharist from Old French communion from Late Latin commūniō commūniōn- from Latin mutual participation from commūnis common common

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Communion Sentence Examples

  • The Communion is celebrated once a month.

  • For this moment of homage to material elements ritually filled with divine potency may be so exaggerated as to obscure the rite's ancient significance as a communion of the faithful in mystic food.

  • He dwelt upon the illumination of the mind and soul by direct communion with the Creative Spirit; upon the spiritual and poetic monitions of external nature; and upon the benefit to man of a serene mood and a simple way of life.

  • He accepted the rectory of Elton in Huntingdonshire, but soon after went again to the continent, in order to study the methods of the Roman Catholic Church; and after a prolonged mental struggle he joined the Roman Catholic communion in November 1845.

  • The medieval church set forth Christ as present in the orderly community of the faithful; Protestantism aimed at setting the individual in immediate communion with Christ, without the mechanical intervention of the officers of the community; the 1 D'Argentre, Collectio judiciorum de novis erroribus, i.

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