communion

[US]/kəˈmju:njən/
[UK]/kə'mjʊnjən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. religious ceremony where members of a faith come together to participate in a shared spiritual experience.

Phrases & Collocations

Holy Communion

Communion service

Communion wafer

Receive communion

Communion cup

Communion wine

anglican communion

Example Sentences

in this churchyard communion with the dead was almost palpable.

the Eastern Churches are not in communion with Rome.

communion in both kinds .

he received Communion and left.

her personal communion with God

We had only limited communion with the natives.

He lived in close communion with nature.

Communion was celebrated by the Reverend John Harris.

How can we forget in the first place those specific services to communion which are the Petrine ministry and, closely related to it, episcopal collegiality?...

Some churches have also begun to allow "intinction" or dipping bread in communion wine rather than sharing the chalice, while others have stopped offering wine altogether, the newspaper said.

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