Communion
[kə'mjuːnjən] or [kə'mjʊnjən]
Definition
(noun.) the act of participating in the celebration of the Eucharist; 'the governor took Communion with the rest of the congregation'.
(noun.) sharing thoughts and feelings.
(noun.) (Christianity) a group of Christians with a common religious faith who practice the same rites.
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Definition
(n.) The act of sharing; community; participation.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A body of Christians having one common faith and discipline; as, the Presbyterian communion.
(n.) 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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Participation, fellowship, converse, intercourse.[2]. Eucharist, Sacrament, Lord's Supper.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Participation, share, converse, agreement, partnership, comportionment,fellowship, association, intercourse
ANT:Exclusion, deprivation, nonparticipation, disqualification, disconnection,alienation, disruption
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Definition
n. act of communing: mutual intercourse: fellowship: common possession: interchange of transactions: union in religious service: the body of people who so unite.—n. Commun′ionist a communicant.—The Communion Holy Communion the celebration of the Lord's Supper.
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Examples
- He wanted only gentle communion, no other, no passion now. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They must marry at once, and so make a definite pledge, enter into a definite communion. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Our place was taken at the communion rails. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- This morning I dared at least contrive an hour's communion for her and me; I dared not only _wish_ but _will_ an interview with her. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- If Christianity was a rebellious and destructive force towards a pagan Rome, it was a unifying and organizing force within its own communion. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- On these points Selden could gain no light; for he saw that one effect of the transformation had been to shut him off from free communion with Dorset. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Here I hold communion only with the has been, and to come. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The offer, being gladly accepted, is followed by a pleasant ride, a pleasant dinner, and a pleasant breakfast, all in brotherly communion. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I have not been buried with inferior minds, and excluded from every glimpse of communion with what is bright and energetic and high. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- At first she poured herself out unstintingly, happy in this perfect communion of their sympathies. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He seemed in communion with the genius of the haunt: with his eye he bade farewell to something. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Fraternal communion with a heretic! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The masses of people held together under the name Democratic are bound in an enervating communion. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- My vices are the children of a forced solitude that I abhor; and my virtues will necessarily arise when I live in communion with an equal. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
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