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communion

noun

  1. refrain sung with psalm recitation during the distribution of the Eucharist in the Divine Liturgy or Mass
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kəˈmjuːnjən/

name

  1. Alternative letter-case form of communion (“Holy Communion”).

noun

Etymology: From Middle English comunioun, communyoun, from Anglo-Norman comunion or Middle French communion, from Ecclesiastical Latin commūniō (“communion”), from Latin commūnis.

  1. A joining together of minds or spirits; a mental connection.

    It would be uplifting to think that the ziggurat was the first expression of Near Eastern civilization, for then one could speak about humanity's fascination with the heavens, of the human quest for communion with the infinite.

  2. Holy Communion; the Eucharist.

    It is with the day of her first communion that this narrative of mine begins.

  3. Ecclesiastical interrecognition of belonging to the true Church.
  4. Ecclesiastical interrecognition of belonging to the true Church.