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Alternative letter-case form of communion (“Holy Communion”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
Topics: Christianity
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noun
A joining together of minds or spirits; a mental connection.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Holy Communion; the Eucharist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
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noun
Ecclesiastical interrecognition of belonging to the true Church.
A form of ecclesiastical unity between the Roman Catholic Church and another, so that the latter is considered part of the former.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
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noun
Ecclesiastical interrecognition of belonging to the true Church.
A denomination; a high-level organised subgrouping of Christianity (now especially in Anglican Communion)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: Christianity
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noun
the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: Holy Communion, sacramental manduction, manduction
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ritual
Narrower terms: intercommunion
noun
sharing thoughts and feelings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sharing
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Broader terms: intercourse, social intercourse
noun
(Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: denomination
History
From Middle English comunioun, communyoun, from Anglo-Norman comunion or Middle French communion, from Ecclesiastical Latin commūniō (“communion”), from Latin commūnis.
Across languages
27 source translations are retained for this English entry.
