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Communion Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Communion? [n] the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist; "the governor took Communion with the rest of the congregation" [n] sharing thoughts and feelings [n] (Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites Synonyms \| Synonyms for Communion: Holy Communion \| manduction \| sacramental manduction \| sharing Related Terms \| Find terms related to Communion: accord \| accordance \| adherents \| affiliation \| affinity \| agape \| Agnus Dei \| agreement \| aid prayer \| Alleluia \| altar bread \| amity \| Anamnesis \| Angelus \| answer \| appeal \| Ave \| Ave Maria \| balance \| beadroll \| beads \| beseechment \| bidding prayer \| Blessing \| body \| Bolshevik \| Bolshie \| bonds of harmony \| branch \| bread \| bread and wine \| breviary \| brotherly love \| Canon \| caritas \| cement of friendship \| chaplet \| charity \| church \| class \| coequality \| Collect \| collective farm \| collectivism \| collectivity \| collegiality \| colloquial discourse \| colloquy \| commerce \| commie \| common ownership \| communal effort \| communication \| communism \| Communist \| community \| community of interests \| compatibility \| comrade \| concord \| concordance \| confession \| congeniality \| congress \| connection \| consecrated bread \| consecrated elements \| Consecration \| consubstantiation \| contact \| contemplation \| conversation \| converse \| conversing \| cooperation \| cooperative society \| corelation \| correlation \| correlativism \| correlativity \| correspondence \| Credo \| creed \| cult \| dealing \| dealings \| democracy \| denomination \| devotions \| disciples \| discourse \| Dismissal \| division \| elements \| empathy \| entreaty \| Epistle \| equilibrium \| equipollence \| equivalence \| ESP \| esprit \| esprit de corps \| Eucharist \| exchange \| faction \| faith \| feeling of identity \| fellow feeling \| fellow traveler \| fellowship \| followers \| Fraction \| frictionlessness \| give-and-take \| Gloria \| good vibes \| good vibrations \| Gospel \| grace \| Gradual \| group \| Hail Mary \| happy family \| harmony \| Holy Communion \| Host \| identity \| impanation \| impetration \| imploration \| information \| interaction \| intercession \| interchange \| intercommunication \| intercommunion \| intercourse \| interlocution \| interplay \| intinction \| Introit \| inverse proportion \| inverse ratio \| inverse relationship \| invocation \| ism \| kibbutz \| kinship \| kolkhoz \| Kyrie \| Kyrie Eleison \| Last Gospel \| Last Supper \| Lavabo \| Leninist \| like-mindedness \| linguistic intercourse \| litany \| loaf \| love \| Marxist \| meditation \| message \| mutuality \| obsecration \| obtestation \| Offertory \| offshoot \| oneness \| order \| organization \| orison \| party \| Paternoster \| Pax \| peace \| persuasion \| petition \| pink \| pinko \| Post-Communion \| prayer \| prayer wheel \| Preface \| profit sharing \| proportionality \| public ownership \| rapping \| rapport \| rapprochement \| real presence \| reciprocality \| reciprocation \| reciprocity \| Red \| relativity \| religious order \| reply \| response \| rogation \| rosary \| Sacrament Sunday \| Sanctus \| schism \| school \| Secreta \| sect \| sectarism \| segment \| sharecropping \| sharing \| silent prayer \| social activity \| social intercourse \| social relations \| socialism \| society \| solidarity \| speaking \| speech \| speech circuit \| speech situation \| Stalinist \| state ownership \| subpanation \| suit \| supplication \| symmetry \| sympathy \| symphony \| talking \| team spirit \| telepathy \| Tersanctus \| thanks \| thanksgiving \| the Holy Sacrament \| the Sacrament \| touch \| town meeting \| Tract \| traffic \| transubstantiation \| Trotskyist \| truck \| two-way communication \| understanding \| union \| unison \| unity \| variety \| verbal intercourse \| version \| wafer See Also \| denomination \| Eucharist \| Eucharistic liturgy \| Holy Sacrament \| intercommunion \| intercourse \| Liturgy \| Lord's Supper \| ritual \| sacrament of the Eucharist \| social intercourse Communion In Webster's Dictionary \Com*mun"ion\, n. [L. communio: cf. F. communion. See {Common}.] 1. The act of sharing; community; participation. ``This communion of goods.'' --Blackstone. 2. Intercourse between two or more persons; esp., intimate association and intercourse implying sympathy and confidence; interchange of thoughts, purposes, etc.; agreement; fellowship; as, the communion of saints. We are naturally induced to seek communion and fellowship with others. --Hooker. What communion hath light with darkness? --2 Cor. vi. 14. Bare communion with a good church can never alone make a good man. --South. 3. A body of Christians having one common faith and discipline; as, the Presbyterian communion. 4. The sacrament of the eucharist; the celebration of the Lord's supper; the act of partaking of the sacrament; as, to go to communion; to partake of the communion. {Close communion}. See under {Close}, a. {Communion elements}, the bread and wine used in the celebration of the Lord's supper. {Communion service}, the celebration of the Lord's supper, or the office or service therefor. {Communion table}, the table upon which the elements are placed at the celebration of the Lord's supper. {Communion in both kinds}, participation in both the bread and wine by all communicants. {Communion in one kind}, participation in but one element, as in the Roman Catholic Church, where the laity partake of the bread only. Syn: Share; participation; fellowship; converse; intercourse; unity; concord; agreement.

Communion Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Communion?

[n] the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist; "the governor took Communion with the rest of the congregation"
[n] sharing thoughts and feelings
[n] (Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites

Synonyms | Synonyms for Communion: Holy Communion | manduction | sacramental manduction | sharing

Communion In Webster's Dictionary

\Com*mun"ion\, n. [L. communio: cf. F. communion. See
{Common}.]
1. The act of sharing; community; participation. ``This
   communion of goods.'' --Blackstone.

2. Intercourse between two or more persons; esp., intimate
   association and intercourse implying sympathy and
   confidence; interchange of thoughts, purposes, etc.;
   agreement; fellowship; as, the communion of saints.

         We are naturally induced to seek communion and
         fellowship with others.               --Hooker.

         What communion hath light with darkness? --2 Cor.
                                               vi. 14.

         Bare communion with a good church can never alone
         make a good man.                      --South.

3. A body of Christians having one common faith and
   discipline; as, the Presbyterian communion.

4. The sacrament of the eucharist; the celebration of the
   Lord's supper; the act of partaking of the sacrament; as,
   to go to communion; to partake of the communion.

{Close communion}. See under {Close}, a.

{Communion elements}, the bread and wine used in the
   celebration of the Lord's supper.

{Communion service}, the celebration of the Lord's supper, or
   the office or service therefor.

{Communion table}, the table upon which the elements are
   placed at the celebration of the Lord's supper.

{Communion in both kinds}, participation in both the bread
   and wine by all communicants.

{Communion in one kind}, participation in but one element, as
   in the Roman Catholic Church, where the laity partake of
   the bread only.

Syn: Share; participation; fellowship; converse; intercourse;
     unity; concord; agreement.

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