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.

  • Of these the latter, who separated from the Roman communion after the promulgation of the dogma of papal infallibility, represent a pure revolt of the system of Episcopacy against that of Papalism.

  • 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.

  • In these and other early liturgies the Greater Doxology occurs immediately after the beginning of the service; in the English prayer-book it introduced at the close of the communion office, but it does not occur in either the morning or evening service.

  • Thus it has been used broadly of all theological doctrines, and also in a narrower sense of fundamental beliefs only, confession of which is insisted upon as a term of church communion.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOM

Words Ending With

NONION

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