Definitions for Communion

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Communion com·mun·ion

Spelling: [kuh-myoon-yuh n]

IPA: /kəˈmyun yən/

Communion is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 130 anagrams from letters in Communion (cimmnnoou).

Definitions for Communion

noun

1. (often initial capital letter). Also called Holy Communion. Ecclesiastical. the act of receiving the Eucharistic elements. the elements of the Eucharist. the celebration of the Eucharist. the antiphon sung at a Eucharistic service.
2. a group of persons having a common religious faith; a religious denomination:
3. association; fellowship.
4. interchange or sharing of thoughts or emotions; intimate communication:
5. the act of sharing, or holding in common; participation.
6. the state of things so held.

Origin of Communion

1350-1400; Middle English (Anglo-French) Latin commūniōn- (stem of commūniō) a sharing, equivalent to commūn(is) common + -iōn- -ion

Examples for Communion

You may be sure that he has never knelt so long since his first communion.'

In December, it is being published stateside as communion Town: A Novel.

He induced me to join our communion; and very soon after I was married.

In fact, the communion conundrum highlights the first visible fissure in the church of Francis.

But to these people, it's a religious rite ranked right up there with First communion—or Mardi Gras.

Boche said that Nana and Pauline were women now that they had partaken of communion.

She would soon be fourteen now, and must think of her first communion.

But for communion of thought, two minds, not one, are necessary.

The primary motivation is communion with your fellow human beings.

communion practices vary by denomination and even by individual parishes.