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communion

noun
/kəˈmjuːnjən/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from commūnis
  2. derived from commūniō
  3. derived from communion
  4. derived from comunion
  5. inherited from comunioun

Definitions

  1. A joining together of minds or spirits

    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

    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. ›+ 1 more definition

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

The neighborhood

Derived

Anglican Communion, antecommunion, communionable, communional, communion cloth, communion ecclesiology, communion hall, communionism, communionist, communionlike, communion of saints, communion wafer, Holy Communion, intercommunion, noncommunion, open communion, phatic communion, precommunion, spiritual communion, still got one's communion money, World Communion Sunday

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for communion. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA