Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- 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.
from 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A joining together of minds or spirits.
from 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
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
Secret Societies And Subversive Movements Nesta H. Webster 1918
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_time_ when communion is to be received, while they themselves must acknowledge, that they have _abolished communion_ itself as well as
The Ceremonies of the Holy-Week at Rome Charles Michael Baggs
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This being done, we proceed unto the communion, if any communicants be to receive the Eucharist; if not, we read the Decalogue, Epistle, and Gospel, with the Nicene Creed (of some in derision called the dry communion), and then proceed unto an homily or sermon, which hath a psalm before and after it, and finally unto the baptism of such infants as on every Sabbath day (if occasion so require) are brought unto the churches; and thus is the forenoon bestowed.
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One of the facts which impresses itself on the mind of a minister of another communion is the extraordinary solidarity and continuousness in movement and in outlook of that great and splendid communion whose history is inwrought with so much that is best in the history of our people, I mean the Church of England.
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Is there an unbroken flow of such into what we call our communion?
Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts Alexander Maclaren 1868
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In a telegram sent to the newly-elected Patriarch, the Pope wrote: May the Almighty bless your efforts to maintain communion among the Orthodox Churches and to seek that fullness of communion which is the goal of Catholic-Orthodox collaboration and dialogue.
Ecumenism 2009
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To live the Eucharist, is to enter in communion with Jesus Christ and as a consequence with His love.
Prefect of the CDW: "The future of humanity is in the liturgy" 2009
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If true, this would be absolutely thrilling news, and also show a possible canonical solution for the future status of the SSPX once, Deo volente, full communion is reestablished there as well.
Traditional Anglican Communion to be Received as Personal Prelature? 2009
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For example, what about alcohol in communion wine?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Juveniles on Probation, and Their Parents’ Guns (and Other Weapons) 2010
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It knows that these winds are not the breath of the Holy Spirit; it knows that the Spirit of God is expressed and manifested in communion with Jesus Christ.
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May 3, 2011