Communion

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  • noun. The act or an instance of sharing, as of thoughts or feelings.
  • noun. Religious or spiritual fellowship.
  • noun. A body of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites; a denomination.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. The sacrament of the Eucharist received by a congregation.
  • noun. The consecrated elements of the Eucharist.
  • noun. The part of the Mass or a liturgy in which the Eucharist is received.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Participation in something, especially in ideas and sentiments held in common; hence, fellowship; concord; association.
  • noun. Intercourse between two or more persons; interchange of thoughts or interests; communication.
  • noun. Union in religious worship, or in doctrine and discipline; religious fellowship: as, members in full communion.
  • noun. A body of Christians who have one common faith, but not necessarily ecclesiastical union; a religious denomination.
  • noun. The act of partaking of the sacrament of the eucharist; the celebration of the Lord's supper; also, the elements of the eucharist.
  • noun. Common action; common consent; public act.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of sharing; community; participation.
  • noun. Intercourse between two or more persons; esp., intimate association and intercourse implying sympathy and confidence; interchange of thoughts, purposes, etc.; agreement; fellowship.
  • noun. A body of Christians having one common faith and discipline.
  • noun. The sacrament of the eucharist; the celebration of the Lord's supper; the act of partaking of the sacrament; ; called also Holy Communion.
  • noun. See under Close, a.
  • noun. the bread and wine used in the celebration of the Lord's supper.
  • noun. the celebration of the Lord's supper, or the office or service therefor.
  • noun. the table upon which the elements are placed at the celebration of the Lord's supper.
  • noun. participation in both the bread and wine by all communicants.
  • noun. participation in but one element, as in the Roman Catholic Church, where the laity partake of the bread only.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A joining together of minds or spirits.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. (Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites
  • noun. the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist
  • noun. sharing thoughts and feelings
  • Word Usage
    "By its immense lever of association it alone is able to realize by a productive communion (_communion génératrice_) that great and beautiful social unity conceived by Jaurez, Saint-Simon, Owen, Fourier."
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