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com|mun|ion
com|mun|ion «kuh MYOON yuh, noun.
1. a) the act of sharing; a having in common; sharing; participation: »

The partners had a communion of interests.

b) the condition of things held in common with others; community; union.
2. exchange of thoughts and feelings; intimate talk; fellowship: »

They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet quaff immortality and joy (Milton).

3. a close spiritual relationship: »

To him who in the love of Nature holds communion with her visible forms (William Cullen Bryant).

4. a group of people having the same religious beliefs.
╂[< Latin commūniō, -ōnis < commūnis; see etym. under common (Cf. ↑common)]
Com|mun|ion «kuh MYOON yuhn», noun.
1. a) the act of sharing in the Lord's Supper as a part of church worship; Holy Communion; Eucharist. b) the elements of the Eucharist. c) an antiphon said or sung during the Communion service.
2. = Communion service. (Cf. ↑Communion service)

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  • Com|mun|ion — «kuh MYOON yuh, noun. 1. a) the act of sharing; a having in common; sharing; participation: »The partners had a communion of interests. b) the condition of things held in common with others; community; union. 2. exchange of thoughts and feelings; …   Useful english dictionary

  • com|mun|ion|ist — «kuh MYOON yuh nihst», noun. 1. a person who has definite beliefs about Holy Communion. 2. = communicant. (Cf. ↑communicant) …   Useful english dictionary

  • in|ter-Com|mun|ion — in|ter|com|mun|ion or in|ter Com|mun|ion «IHN tuhr kuh MYOON yuhn», noun. a relationship or fellowship between churches of different denominations or communions; mutual communion …   Useful english dictionary

  • in|ter|com|mun|ion — or in|ter Com|mun|ion «IHN tuhr kuh MYOON yuhn», noun. a relationship or fellowship between churches of different denominations or communions; mutual communion …   Useful english dictionary

  • an|te|com|mun|ion — «AN tee kuh MYOON yuhn», noun. that part of the Communion office in the Church of England, which precedes the Communion service proper, and is used on those holy days when there is no Communion …   Useful english dictionary

  • post-com|mun|ion — «POHST kuh MYOON yuhn», noun, adjective. –n. the prayer or prayers said at the end of the Communion service. –adj. following the Communion service: »a post communion address or hymn …   Useful english dictionary

  • self-com|mun|ion — «SEHLF kuh MYOON yuhn», noun. communion with oneself: »The scholar was in his study locked deep in self communion …   Useful english dictionary

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  • ion — ion·i·cism; ion·i·cize; ion·iza·tion; ion·o·gen; ion·o·gen·ic; ion·og·ra·phy; ion·o·pho·re·sis; ion·o·sphere; ion·oxalis; ion·to·pho·re·sis; man·dil·ion; meth·ion·ic; min·ion·ette; noc·to·vis·ion; opin·ion·able; opin·ion·al; opin·ion·at·ed;… …   English syllables

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