English Explanatory Dictionary

communion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A joining together of minds or spirits; a mental connection.
  2. Holy Communion; the Eucharist.
  3. Ecclesiastical interrecognition of belonging to the true Church.
  4. A form of ecclesiastical unity between the Roman Catholic Church and another, so that the latter is considered part of the former.
  5. A denomination; a high-level organised subgrouping of Christianity (now especially in Anglican Communion)
name
  1. Alternative letter-case form of communion (“Holy Communion”).

Pronunciation

/kəˈmjuːnjən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-communion.wav

Word forms

communion communions

Etymology

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

Synonyms

sacrament

Related words

common communal communicate community

Derived words

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

Translations

Middle English: comunioun Spanish: comunión
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