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
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.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 159:
2
Christianity Holy Communion; the Eucharist.
- It is with the day of her first communion that this narrative of mine begins.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
› Ecclesiastical interrecognition of belonging…
3
Catholicism, Christianity, Roman Catholicism A form of ecclesiastical unity between the Roman Catholic Church and another, so that the latter is considered part of the former.
4
Christianity A denomination; a high-level organised subgrouping of Christianity (now especially in Anglican Communion)
- Synonyms
- sacrament
- Derived terms
- 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
- Related terms
- common, communal, communicate, community