'Communion' definitions:
Definition of 'Communion'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist; "the governor took Communion with the rest of the congregation" [syn: Communion, Holy Communion, sacramental manduction, manduction]
noun
Sharing thoughts and feelings [syn: communion, sharing]
noun
(Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites
Definition of 'Communion'
From: GCIDE
- Communion \Com*mun"ion\, n. [L. communio: cf. F. communion. See Common.]
- 1. The act of sharing; community; participation. "This communion of goods." --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- We are naturally induced to seek communion and fellowship with others. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- What communion hath light with darkness? --2 Cor. vi. 14. [1913 Webster]
- Bare communion with a good church can never alone make a good man. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A body of Christians having one common faith and discipline; as, the Presbyterian communion. [1913 Webster]
- 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; called also Holy Communion. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'communion'
From: Easton
- Communion fellowship with God (Gen. 18:17-33; Ex. 33:9-11; Num. 12:7, 8), between Christ and his people (John 14:23), by the Spirit (2 Cor. 13:14; Phil. 2:1), of believers with one another (Eph. 4:1-6). The Lord's Supper is so called (1 Cor. 10:16, 17), because in it there is fellowship between Christ and his disciples, and of the disciples with one another.
Synonyms of 'Communion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Agnus Dei,
- Alleluia,
- altar bread,
- Anamnesis,
- Blessing,
- bread,
- bread and wine,
- Canon,
- Collect,
- consecrated bread,
- consecrated elements,
- Consecration,
- consubstantiation,
- Credo,
- Dismissal,
- elements,
- Epistle,
- Eucharist,
- Fraction,
- Gloria,
- Gospel,
- Gradual,
- Holy Communion,
- Host,
- impanation,
- intinction,
- Introit,
- Kyrie,
- Kyrie Eleison,
- Last Gospel,
- Last Supper,
- Lavabo,
- loaf,
- Offertory,
- Paternoster,
- Pax,
- Post-Communion,
- Preface,
- real presence,
- Sacrament Sunday,
- Sanctus,
- Secreta,
- subpanation,
- Tersanctus,
- the Holy Sacrament,
- the Sacrament,
- Tract,
- transubstantiation,
- wafer
Synonyms of 'communion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accord,
- accordance,
- adherents,
- affiliation,
- affinity,
- agape,
- agreement,
- aid prayer,
- amity,
- Angelus,
- answer,
- appeal,
- Ave,
- Ave Maria,
- balance,
- beadroll,
- beads,
- beseechment,
- bidding prayer,
- body,
- Bolshevik,
- Bolshie,
- bonds of harmony,
- branch,
- breviary,
- brotherly love,
- 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,
- contact,
- contemplation,
- conversation,
- converse,
- conversing,
- cooperation,
- cooperative society,
- corelation,
- correlation,
- correlativism,
- correlativity,
- correspondence,
- creed,
- cult,
- dealing,
- dealings,
- democracy,
- denomination,
- devotions,
- disciples,
- discourse,
- division,
- empathy,
- entreaty,
- equilibrium,
- equipollence,
- equivalence,
- ESP,
- esprit,
- esprit de corps,
- exchange,
- faction,
- faith,
- feeling of identity,
- fellow feeling,
- fellow traveler,
- fellowship,
- followers,
- frictionlessness,
- give-and-take,
- good vibes,
- good vibrations,
- grace,
- group,
- Hail Mary,
- happy family,
- harmony,
- identity,
- impetration,
- imploration,
- information,
- interaction,
- intercession,
- interchange,
- intercommunication,
- intercommunion,
- intercourse,
- interlocution,
- interplay,
- inverse proportion,
- inverse ratio,
- inverse relationship,
- invocation,
- ism,
- kibbutz,
- kinship,
- kolkhoz,
- Kyrie Eleison,
- Leninist,
- like-mindedness,
- linguistic intercourse,
- litany,
- love,
- Marxist,
- meditation,
- message,
- mutuality,
- obsecration,
- obtestation,
- offshoot,
- oneness,
- order,
- organization,
- orison,
- party,
- Paternoster,
- peace,
- persuasion,
- petition,
- pink,
- pinko,
- prayer,
- prayer wheel,
- profit sharing,
- proportionality,
- public ownership,
- rapping,
- rapport,
- rapprochement,
- reciprocality,
- reciprocation,
- reciprocity,
- Red,
- relativity,
- religious order,
- reply,
- response,
- rogation,
- rosary,
- schism,
- school,
- 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,
- suit,
- supplication,
- symmetry,
- sympathy,
- symphony,
- talking,
- team spirit,
- telepathy,
- thanks,
- thanksgiving,
- touch,
- town meeting,
- traffic,
- Trotskyist,
- truck,
- two-way communication,
- understanding,
- union,
- unison,
- unity,
- variety,
- verbal intercourse,
- version