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   Com·mun·ion

   /kəˈmyo͞onyən/

   

   noun

   • 1. the sharing or exchanging of intimate thoughts and feelings, especially when the exchange is on a mental or spiritual level: "in this churchyard communion with the dead was almost palpable"
   • ▪ common participation in a mental or emotional experience: "popular festivals where all take part in joyous communion" Similar affinityfellowshipkinshipfriendshipfellow feelingcommunitytogethernessclosenesssharingharmonyunderstandingrapportconnectioncommunicationassociationempathysympathyagreementaccordconcordunity
   • 2. the service of Christian worship at which bread and wine are consecrated and shared: "Communion was celebrated once a month" Similar EucharistHoly CommunionLord's SupperMass
   • ▪ the consecrated bread and wine so administered and received: "the priests gave him Holy Communion" Similar EucharistHoly CommunionLord's SupperMass
   • 3. a relationship of recognition and acceptance between Christian churches or denominations, or between individual Christians or Christian communities and a church (signified by a willingness to give or receive the Eucharist): "the Eastern Churches are not in communion with Rome"
   • ▪ a group of Christian communities or Churches which recognize one another's ministries or that of a central authority: "the theology which had prevailed in the Roman communion"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin communio(n-), from communis (see common).

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