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close communion

close communion is the alternative form of closed communion.

Meaning of closed communion

Noun

closed communion (uncountable)

  1. The practice of restricting the serving of the elements of Holy Communion to those who are members in good standing of a particular church, denomination, etc.

Questions about close communion

What is close communion the alternative form of?
Close communion is the alternative form of closed communion.

Words near close communion in the dictionary

  1. close calls
  2. close captioning
  3. close chair
  4. close chairs
  5. close combat
  6. close communion
  7. close down
  8. close encounter
  9. close encounters
  10. close enough
  11. close enough for government work

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Adapted from Wiktionary: close communion (page history and authors); closed communion (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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